EditorDavePerrySmashing pumpkins in Aurora creates a soaring lesson for Vista PEAK students
'At first, it just wasn’t working. The pumpkin kept hitting the weight or falling off. Once we added both bars, it finally clicked'
TheAuroraSentinelSmashing pumpkins in Aurora creates a soaring lesson for Vista PEAK students
'At first, it just wasn’t working. The pumpkin kept hitting the weight or falling off. Once we added both bars, it finally clicked'
Willa has moved!! 
We're making the short trip north this morning to my hometown to watch some cucurbits achieve their dream of flight via homecrafted medieval technology. 
Kernel Bob 
Ten years ago today. November 23, 2013.
Here's the official video!
https://youtu.be/ZTUDdUoOAfc?t=166
🧵 9/9 Fin
#making #MakerSpace #PumpkinChucking #PunkinChunkin #TeamSports #TeamLEO
Eugene Maker Space - Punkin' Chunkin' Contest 2013
Ten years ago today. November 23, 2013.
We looked smug, didn't we? I am second from the right in the first photo, second from the left in the second.
You can't really see them, but we had little embroidered logos on our team jackets. "Team Low Earth Orbit", with a little flying pumpkin.
The trophy was a plastic trick-or-treat bucket spray painted gold. Maximally tacky, in a good way.
🧵8/N
#making #MakerSpace #PumpkinChucking #PunkinChunkin #TeamSports #TeamLEO
Ten years ago today. November 23, 2013.
The trigger mechanism was the hardest part. This was the third iteration (in three weeks). We continued to refine it through the life of the Orbiterator, but this was a working solution. That ring was definitely overstressed. It started out round.
The big nails were pounded into the ground in a vain attempt to keep the launcher from kicking.
🧵 7/N
#making #MakerSpace #PumpkinChucking #PunkinChunkin #TeamSports #TeamLEO
Ten years ago today. November 23, 2013.
Here are Team C-Pepo Propulsion's trebuchet and Team Waffles' apple launcher in action.
🧵 6/N
#making #MakerSpace #PumpkinChucking #PunkinChunkin #TeamSports #TeamLEO
Ten years ago today. November 23, 2013.
A fraction of a second later, I was looking for the pumpkin. These photos don't capture how the launcher jumps when it fires (but see the upcoming video).
Also by @laprice
🧵 5/N
#making #MakerSpace #PumpkinChucking #PunkinChunkin #TeamSports #TeamLEO
Ten years ago today. November 23, 2013.
Perfectly timed photo of a launch. I think @laprice snapped this shot.
I was looking at the trigger, so I never saw where the pumpkin went.
🧵 4/N
#making #MakerSpace #PumpkinChucking #PunkinChunkin #TeamSports #TeamLEO
Ten years ago today. November 23, 2013.
By 2016, we could arm the Orbiterator in about 45 seconds. In 2013, we were making it up as we went, and pretty disorganized.
That's Autzen Stadium at the University of Oregon in the background. I've never been inside.
🧵 3/N
#making #MakerSpace #PumpkinChucking #PunkinChunkin #TeamSports #TeamLEO
