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rtlToronto12: Trebuchets proposal
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Sun, 22 Sep 2002 07:26:48 GMT
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Hi folks,
Well, it looks like many folks would like to do vending machines in March at
the Library, and there's folks building for train4, which I'm looking
forward to (I'm building a TGV/Thalys like train!) even though a concrete
date isn't set for it. Vending machines is a toughie in terms of work and
time...train4 is eating up a lot of time and effort too.
So, I'd like to propose we do a fun event in late October/early November,
basically a Trebuchet event at a local park:
Objective:
Deliver an object into a target a set distance away. How you do this is up
to you (pneumatics, floating arm trebuchet, etc).
Date:
Late October 2002 or Early November 2002 before snowfall
Location:
probably West Deane Park in Etobicoke.
Target:
The target will be 50 feet away from the launch line. It will begin as a
target 10 feet in diameter, as defined by a length of (garden hose, ethernet
cable) in a circle. As each round goes on, the circle is reduced in size.
Rules:
-Machine must fit into a cube 36" max in any dimension
-The projectile will be predetermined (not golf balls, Park bylaws prohibit
golfing) such as a wheel hub/tire or walnut or something.
Anyone interested?
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: rtlToronto12: Trebuchets proposal
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| "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:H2twoo.2wz@lugnet.com... (...) SI? :( (Like seriously, what is every american thinking who reads this? OH LOOK ALL CANADIANS ARE JUST YUPPIE CHILDREN WHO ALSO USE A PIECE OF CRAP MEASURING (...) (22 years ago, 22-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | Re: rtlToronto12: Trebuchets proposal
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| I'd love to, but I'm away during that period :( Always the same story... I think the precision contest is more interesting, the distance contest that some are suggesting might be worth doing, but it seems that I'd be much more likely to damage my (...) (22 years ago, 23-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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