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So. Maine

My TV book shows a pumpkin catapult contest on Sunday Feb. 2, at 9 pm (est) on the Discovery channel. If you get Discovery mark your calender if interested. Al

1/24/2003 1:25:41 PM

Hobbiton New Zealand

I just happen to be the proud owner of a catapult and the best we have got a pumpkin to fly is about 70 meters

1/24/2003 2:32:11 PM

Montoursville, PA

This could be interesting. Who sponsors the event, where and how to contact for entry and rules?

1/24/2003 4:19:10 PM

So. Maine

I'd say watch the show and write down info, names locations , etc. then try to contact them. My 2 cents, Al

1/25/2003 12:52:48 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

had a section on the history channel "Weapons of War" that finished with Punkin chunkin...Yikes!

1/25/2003 5:42:21 AM

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Wouldn't a catapult make an interesting addition to an otherwise predictable ag-fair? Probably make the news even without a record breaking weigh-in. Sell chances to predict the distance & raffle off a TV or something. Seeds too of course. I'll watch just to see if I can build one. The last catapult manufacturer around here closed up shop when we got soft & did away with the guillotine. Hmmmmm.....Pumpkin vs Squash Chess....Pumpkin Jousting......Sword Carving....a medieval pumpkin festival? We know there's no connection, but TV & newspaper folks wouldn't care. Might rustle up some new revenue for a financially strapped weigh-in site. Good marketing stunts needn't make sense nor cost a lot. Just gotta be a little corney & perhaps even borderline crazy. The paying publc is a strange animal indeed & all weigh-ins & fairs need their money.

Steve

1/25/2003 8:05:53 AM

Long Island,New York

Steve...The record as i recall, is over a mile.....hmmm...that would kinda eliminate the corner nursery as a wieghoff site......G

1/25/2003 8:26:40 AM

Rush, NY

In Sept, 2002 when I brought my Cover-crop Rye seed the Sales person (who knew I grow pumpkins) offered to show me the Cannon the Company was building to enter a Catapult contest near there (North Java, NY). At that point they had tried shooting 1 gallon jugs of water and said they went over one half mile. They were still making modifications to make it easy to insert the pumpkins at the beginning of the barrel. The driving force is from a large tank of Comprerssed air.

1/25/2003 8:58:18 AM

Garden State Pumpkins

yeah and the hit other then going the farthest was the most accurate...parked an old truck at the end of thr field and fired at it...they got it!

1/25/2003 9:05:07 AM

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G, You might strive for North to South shorese this year?!? So this stuff is more common than I thought huh? Probably because of our population density, Connecticut Ag Fairs don't enjoy such exhilarating activities (that I've seen anyway). Past few years, it seems more folks go to the midway than the tractor pulls. Darn it. Ken & John would probably agree with me here, suburban living isn't all it's cracked up to be.

1/25/2003 10:08:02 AM

Long Island,New York

We figure to launch from Eatons Neck or Port Jefferson Harbor area and stratigically pick off large pumpkins in late September...got some target sites lined up in Wallingford, Durham, and Fairfield areas I think we can hit from here.....

1/25/2003 10:18:43 AM

Wallingford,CT

G,…. obviously you have forgotten that CT has more defense industries than you can throw a squash at. There have long been ‘government jobs’ at work behind the scenes in these defense industries to ensure the safety of all CT giant pumpkins from any and all airborne hostility.

1/25/2003 11:27:06 AM

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You go Bart! Watch it G. I live next to Sikorsky Helicopter. Got friends there too. CT growers may be tempted to Sky-Crane a Monster & "deliver" it to that sandbar you call home. LOL

1/25/2003 11:34:14 AM

Long Island,New York

Thats ok...mine will either be too small to see or blend in with the vegitation...you'll never find it. Besides.....Grumman's got a few planes left over here too.....G

1/25/2003 3:00:22 PM