Pumkin Chunkin

[brunneng]

Just an FYI. The current winners of the 2002 contest had a distance of 3881.54 feet. Air Cannon.

[ShavingMaker]

OK OK Well how about this?? What effect then do the pumpkin seeds have on trajectory due to the centrifugal effect forcing them to the outside of the pumpkin on one side resulting in in-flight wobble? Huh? Huh? What about that??

[Thrud]

FYI - It is CENTREPETAL FORCE - that is "force directed towards the center of rotation"

And there is no centrifical force either. There is a "Centrifuge" - a "device".

They beat it into my head in university and I just wanted to share the only thing I can remember...

[ShavingMaker]

Oh, Jeez, here we go again... Centripetal force is directed toward the center like Thrud says. Also, there is no Centrifical force. But Centrifugal force does exist and it acts upon a moving body in a direction opposite to Centripetal force, ie away from the center. Semantics is an ugly business.

[wierdscience]

What we need is a new hybrid pumkin that has a core made of meatloaf!The extra mass would result in greater hang time and therefore greater range. Me thinks we need new thread too! I really like the air cannon though there are so many things that could be used as projectiles

[Thrud]

They should really make basketball sized paintballs for those pumkin chunkers - we could play capture the flag!

Would not want to get hit in the groin with an "old" one tho....

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[Tibertus]

Ok, back to my earlier question. I'm really really counting on you guys that have lots of machine shop and married experience. So here it goes "how the heck!!! do you talk the spouse into a hobby like that?????" I really need to know.
Thanks a ton

Peace

[wierdscience]

I think I am going to build one in the hopes I can meet a gal thats as sick minded as I am

[Thrud]

wierdscience:
By golly, that might just work!
There is a saying, if you want to meet someone with your same interests, hang out in places that promote those interests.

Obviously this is the theory of some single guy with no life...

[Tibertus]

When I was watching the show on Discovery Channel I noticed as I've already mentioned several women there. A group of them had their own air cannon that had a unique and ingenious method of pointing the barrel of the gun. Thrud, WeirdScience get in touch with your feminine side and go to the next world series (of pumpkin chunkin). It appeared to me that ALL the women there were really having a good time. None of them had the "I'm here with my idiot of a husband just to get out of the house" look.
Go for it

Peace

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[wierdscience]

Hey I think I'm onto something here,its just pathetic enough to work.After all a buddy of mine met his dream girl at a monster truck ralley!Hmmmm.....6"ball valve,70-80'12"pipe......850cfm compressor...look out Ebay here I come!!!

[Thrud]

Yeah, all you need to do is look out for a jet jump starter (1500HP gas turbine driven air compressor) - just might work.

[wierdscience]

You know this would be a lot easier if the rules allowed explosives!

[Tibertus]

An old Navy Chief told a young and very impressionable friend of mine "there is no problem that can't be solved with the proper application of explosives."

[debequem]

If you could grow a graphite pumpkin you could build a pumpkin rail gun!

Just need LOTS of capacitors...

...And, need to find a way to cross pencil lead with pumpkin DNA...

...wonder what you have to do genetically to get the golf ball dimple effect...