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Re: rtlToronto12: Trebuchets proposal
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Sun, 22 Sep 2002 11:37:06 GMT
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message
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> The target will be 50 feet away from the launch line. It will begin as a
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
SYSTEM! HAHAHA WE OWN CANADA.)
> 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.
> -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.
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> Anyone interested?
Yes, but its got to be a projectile that is small and SOLID otherwise it
won't fly worth a tinker's damn. And I think we should see who can fling
the farthest, not make a set distance. I know that the hallway in my
building isn't high enough to do a 15 m distance.
Iain
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