Pumpkin Chunks

(showcasing Norwell's world record setting  Fibonacci Team)

Winners of the Adult Catapult Division

1st Place: Fibonacchi  -  2,862 feet in 2006

2,862' a new world record!

2007 - they won again, but didn't beat their world record from '06

What are Pumpkin Chunks?  Pumpkin Chunks toss pumpkns - as far as possible.  Fibonacci 2 is a group of Norwell and other South Shore residents who have smashed a pumpkin throwing record, at a contest held annually in the flat farmland of southern Delaware each November.

How the FU2 Works An 8-10 pound pumpkin is placed in a custom sack at the end of a sling that is attached to the end of the arm. The arm is attached to a cam at the top of the 30 foot tower. The arm is held back while the hydraulic system is pressurized. Hydraulic fluid is pumped into the accumulators (4 orange tanks) until the optimum pressure is reached. When the arm is released the accumulators dump the hydraulic fluid into the top of a hydraulic piston forcing the piston down pulling a cable that is wrapped around the cam. This spins the arm 1800 swinging the pumpkin to the proper release point. (Distracted byFibonacci ?)

Go to the National Punkin' Chuckin' site at www.punkinchunkin for more.

Pumpkin chuckers may enter in several categories, including those assisted by human power only, to those utilizing the power of the internal combustion engine.   

For a sense of the types of cannons and other contraptions used click to the "official" Punkin' Chunkin' website, http://www.punkinchunkin.com

For a Link with a little history about Chuckin', and information about southern Delaware, click Pumpkin chucking. 

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