Re: pumpkin chunkin/Melon Musketeers
Can anyone help Waddy?
--- CThomp3851@aol.com wrote:
> Hello M Calpin
> This is Waddy Thompson, with the Florida Food
> Flingers& Melon
> Musketeers.
> The reason for this inquiry is to find out if
> you could help us to know
> what variety of pumpkins to use for chunkin contest
> ammunition. We do not
> have local pumpkin fields here in S. W . Florida so
> we are at a disadvantage
> when we go to chunkin contests where they grow. We
> have heard that there are
> white varieties that have stronger skin and thicker
> shells. The roundness is
> of importance as well, as the section lines cause a
> lot of loss of air used
> for propelling them.
> We have become adept at launching watermelons,
> we are up to 3800 ft
> with them , that we have measured. As there are no
> contests that we know
> about that involve melons, we guess that maybe that
> would be a record.
> Here are links to three sites to check , if
> this all sounds too crazy
> to be true. <A HREF="http://onager.net/">Onager
> Online</A> <A
>
HREF="http://www.hillridgefarms.com/scrap_other3.htm">October
> 1999 Punkin
> Chunkin</A> <A
> HREF="http://www.reh42.com/alinks/index.htm">REH
> Links Main
> Site (REH42.COM)</A>
> The REH site main page "subjects" link has
> photos of the World
> Championships, at Lewes Del. The Onager site Page
> 14 is at Raleigh Oct 30
> /99.
> The Oct.1999 link has action vid of the machines in
> the Raleigh chunkin.
> The Raleigh event was all human powered, as the
> field was not long
> enough for the unlimited class machines.
> Any information that you feel would help us
> would be appreciated
> greatly. The contest rules require that the pumpkins
> weigh eight to ten
> pounds, and the two barrells that we have are 8
> 5/16 inch and 9 7/16 inch
> inside diameter, and a close fit is necessary for
> good shooting. The smaller
> dia. works better for melons, as they get out of
> round when they get big
> enough for the larger barrell, and round ones shoot
> better than long ones.
> Thanks in advance.
> Waddy Thompson
> cthomp3851@aol.com
>
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