Catapult Update
Now that I have been talking about this idea more and more it seems more and more people like to hear about it. The reactions I have been getting from Males is as follows.
Male1:”Dude that is fucking awesome”
Male2:”That would be Sick”
Or variances of that
Females don’t seem to be as supportive of the idea.
Female1:”Umm Tristan only you would get an idea like this”
Female2:”Okay Gallagher” (Thanks Kacey lol)
Female3:”What is a Catapult” (Sarah and Stephanie)
Female4:”Don’t get arrested”
The last one got me thinking we probably shouldn’t have a launch party somewhere where the public can view this. I talked to the Big A of the Adam and he said his parents owned some waterfront property and would gladly let us do something like this.
Now I am not the only one crazy enough to do this. There is a punkin chunkin competion where catapult people launch pumpkins as far as they can and what they come up with is pretty awesome. And seems to be quite a following with this so what I would be doing isn’t really new but would be new to this area. http://www.worldchampionshippunkinchunkin.com/main.htm so that makes me not feel like such an idiot for having this idea some of the videos on that website are a bit insane.
Here are some more Catapult/Trebuchet Links I have been looking at.
http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/acta.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet
http://www.siege-engine.com/CatapultGeekCalculator.shtml (This Site will do the math for you)
So many Pumpkins and Watermelons in the world and I get to destroy a few by launching them as far as I can into Puget Sound. Geek Factor? 10!
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I think it’s awesome.
Do you remember that episode of Northern Exposure? The dj guy built a trebuchet that hurled a piano (among other things) as an art installation.