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Video of a pressurized air pumpkin cannon being fired. "Yankee Siege" trebuchet, from New Hampshire, at 2008 Punkin' Chunkin' World Championship Punkin Chunkin (WCPC) was the name of an annual contest held the first full weekend after Halloween in Delaware from 1986 through 2013 and in 2016. It was also held in 2019 in Illinois and is scheduled ...
West Texas A&M hosted its annual Pumpkin Chunkin contest Thursday afternoon, pitting student teams’ designs against each other to deliver pumpkins downrange, with an emphasis on accuracy.
According to the Punkin Chunkin website, the contest has been around since at least 2001, the first year for which results are posted. In addition to tossing pumpkins, the event also includes ...
The giant-pumpkin contest kicks off events on Columbus Day, and they’re capped by the weekend festival, which has put the town on the map. Now going into its 52nd edition, the festival draws ...
Punkin' Chunkin', Explosive target shooting< - shooting at everyday items that have been filled with an explosive, Jason Garfield - founder of the World Juggling Federation 10 "Soapbox Racing"
The Q-36 Pumpkin Modulator is a 100-foot (30 m) long air cannon that fired a pumpkin 4,680 feet (1,430 m) for a world record (the record as of November 2010 is held by team Big 10 Inch at 5545.43 ft). [21] The Q-36 has an 80-foot (24 m) barrel and a 1,800-US-gallon (6,800 L) air tank and tips the scale at 36,000 pounds (16,000 kg).
Pumpkins require that soil temperatures 8 centimetres (3 in) deep are at least 15.5 °C (60 °F) and that the soil holds water well. Pumpkin crops may suffer if there is a lack of water, because of temperatures below 18 °C or 65 °F, or if grown in soils that become waterlogged.
This Punkin Chunkin fan spent a couple thousand to own his first chunker machine. But will event come back? After 36 years, Punkin Chunkin diehard fan finally buys a cannon.