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ChickNorris
10-05-2018, 00:38
https://www.auroragov.org/things_to_do/events/punkin_chunkin_colorado
Gman
10-05-2018, 06:29
Trebuchets, catapults, and air cannons + punkins = Good times.
Rucker61
10-05-2018, 06:54
My teenage son's first job was running the trebuchet at a local pumpkin farm capable of 600' tosses.
Sawin
10-05-2018, 10:35
I've been out there once before a few years ago and it was a riot! Loved it. Might have to go back again this year!
ray1970
10-05-2018, 11:06
Tossing anything with a trebuchet is a good time. Pretty sure I saw a show once where they were launching appliances (washers, dryers, refrigerators) and even tossed a small car.

Good times.
newracer
10-05-2018, 15:20
My son competed in the trebuchet event for Science Olympiad in middle school, finished first in state and ninth in the nation one year.
OtterbatHellcat
10-05-2018, 15:54
Neato.

It's pretty cool when you can launch giant, heavy, nasty stuff without using chemical propellant.
Ridge
10-05-2018, 16:59
Tossing anything with a trebuchet is a good time. Pretty sure I saw a show once where they were launching appliances (washers, dryers, refrigerators) and even tossed a small car.

Good times.

The only thing I remember about the show Northern Exposure was a guy had a trebuchet.
ChickNorris
10-05-2018, 17:25
Now that's a show I haven't considered or heard mentioned in a long, long time. I didnt even recognize Ray's reference to it.
ChickNorris
10-05-2018, 17:38
Tres buckets what?
XJ
10-05-2018, 17:42
There are desktop-size trebuchets available in kit form. Simple assembly, even for <10yo with just a bit of supervision.

It made me the coolest uncle for a week or so.
Ridge
10-05-2018, 17:43
Now that's a show I haven't considered or heard mentioned in a long, long time. I didnt even recognize Ray's reference to it.

I don't know if he was referencing it, but I recall the episode ending with them chucking a kitchen appliance with it.
ChickNorris
10-05-2018, 18:52
Wow, whomever owns the rights to NE is a scrooge. If I want to watch, I have to buy. Seems there's some issue with the soundtracks too.
Duman
10-05-2018, 20:13
Anyone have photos of their tray-boo-shays ?
OtterbatHellcat
10-05-2018, 20:16
There are desktop-size trebuchets available in kit form. Simple assembly, even for <10yo with just a bit of supervision.

It made me the coolest uncle for a week or so.

Win !
TheGrey
10-05-2018, 22:30
Wow, whomever owns the rights to NE is a scrooge. If I want to watch, I have to buy. Seems there's some issue with the soundtracks too.

Yep, even if you buy the episodes on DVD, they don't have a lot of the music the show had. I'm sure it has something to do with money, but it was never resolved.
ChickNorris
10-05-2018, 23:46
My son competed in the trebuchet event for Science Olympiad in middle school, finished first in state and ninth in the nation one year.

That is impressive.
Do you know if it was tractional or counterweight?

Post a pic!
ChickNorris
10-05-2018, 23:57
My teenage son's first job was running the trebuchet at a local pumpkin farm capable of 600' tosses.

Awesome. Does he put it on is resume'?

Asking because I'd say something such as
'Counterweight Weapons Specialist'
& I'd never take it off. -lol
Gman
10-06-2018, 09:50
If you've ever been a baseball pitcher, can't you claim to be a "human trebuchet"?

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Irving
10-06-2018, 10:00
If you've ever been a baseball pitcher, can't you claim to be a "human trebuchet"?



I saw a movie like that once.
DenverGP
10-06-2018, 22:21
https://i.imgur.com/Huf94F3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/8Ib77of.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/aQfx6Ob.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1VQdkAa.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9ODQpRK.jpg
DenverGP
10-06-2018, 22:22
Can't see the pumpkin once it launches... on one launch I was able to spot the pumpkin in flight, most of the time I couldn't see it.

Furthest chunk of the day was 3801 feet. Was a very strong headwind the entire time.



https://youtu.be/WsWnWRESO3M


https://youtu.be/en4wGdnhXek

On this next one, the pumpkin explodes right as it comes out of the barrel. Called a "pie".

https://youtu.be/zRg1uX7Jvsg
Alpha2
10-07-2018, 08:19
On Northern Exposure, they were all excited about flinging a cow, until someone mentioned that had been done, on Monty Python. Totally bummed, they flung an large appliance instead. Good times.
ChickNorris
10-07-2018, 09:04
Maggie's refrigerator maybe? Anyone?
Ah Pook
10-07-2018, 10:53
Looks like I may be there today. Look for a chestnut fedora and moss colored fleece.

The older box sets of NE had all the music and sceens.