Last weekend we went out to the Morton Punkin Chunkin' competition with our trebuchet. I have pictures of our trebuchet, as seen in the backyard of Bob's house, and pictures of us at the competition.
Unfortunately, we didn't launch any pumpkins. :-( The wooden part of our arm broke when we tried to crank it down for a test throw. I think we didn't put in enough engineering into cranking down the arm. We just tried to brute force it. :-p
We tried to launch some pumpkins w/ just the stump of the arm, but it was no good. It was still an entertaining trip, especially watching the air cannons nail the van that was out on the range. Bob is now debating if he should go for distance or accuracy, since pelting the van w/ pumpkins is much more enjoyable. ^_~
Afterwards we visited the Hofbrau house in Peoria for some German food. I can't say authoritatively if it was better than Byern Stube at Gibson City, but it was cheaper. I had a ham shank and it was goooood...
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