George Fox University Pumpkin Chunkin 2006

Engineers Throwing Pumpkins.
(Skip to 1:12 for the launch.)
This is the winning launch by the Freshman team, with a distance of 580 feet.
Thanks to Lumbermens for the donated lumber!
Thanks also to FMC, Wilco, and Newberg Hardware for your support!

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• pumpkin
• catapult
• trebuchet
• slingshot

[tylercd]

good thing i got to see him wind it 4000times before he launched it

[Nirvelli]

good thing youtube doesn't have a progress bar that lets you skip to the good part of the video

[veejay94]

wuts ur power source? message bak

[Nirvelli]

I don't know for sure about the rest of the team, but personally I'm a big fan of coffee, the occasional energy drink, and a regular two meals a day, as a power source.

[marketplace4rove2am]

Where did you get the plans for that thing?

[Nirvelli]

We just designed it from scratch; it was our first real "Team Design Project" as engineering students.

Pretty good job too, I'd say, for a bunch of noobs.

Of course, the physics being taught in the course at the time was suspiciously related to the ideas we would need to build this thing...haha

[sarolikia]

baha

[Zephyr135]

Man that thing must have some power to need torque like that on your crank lever!

[ARRIVALADELINCUENSIA]

what kind off rubbers u using ?where can i find them?thanks.....

[moo5009]

Pumpkin siege weaponry!

[bobadude]

Thats just a giant sling shot. not that cool. Trebuchets are much better

[mcskatin]

read the description

[Physhi]

This reminds me of the concrete canoe competition I participated in a few years back with UTA... That was fun.

[bubbalouie474]

yeah, some lady got hit in the head by a bach-firing trebuchet- other than that it was sweeeeeet!!!! Yankee Seige is by far the best!!!! A Shoutout to all those chunkers out there!!!

[pleasekillmeswift]

thats amasing... did u go to "punkin chunkin" in deliware? it was soo cool... btw countdown was a lil late lol