Pumpkin Lobber.....

Post by **AlisoBob** » October 31st, 2009, 3:27 pm

So, I''m at the annual "Pumpkin Toss" over at Cal State Fullerton.... Its a good time to see what the engineering dept comes up with each year....

This was the star of the show this year.....

"Pumpkin Lobber"

A few hundred gallons of compressed air at 125psi....

This thing goes off, without notice or intent, right in the middle of the "Battling Knights" demonstration.... Puts a hole in the scoreboard a few hundred feet down range... The velocity was the speed of light... minus 5 mph. It was friggin' insane!!!!

Hole is about dead center of the Pepsi bottle

The crowd goes nuts, the people near the sign scatter, the announcer freaks.....

The Lobber is IMMEDIATLY disqualified........ I immediatly start a "Bullshit" and "We want the Lobber" chant the whole crowd gets behind....

The Lobber guys start hooping it up too.... get escorted off the field...

The Lobber was number 6 in line.... every time #5 threw... I would restart the "Lobber" cheer..... The announcer would remind the crowd that they were disqualified.... then we would chant even louder....

This thing would have killed anyone in the impact zone.... it was WAY out of hand.......

...it was awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » October 31st, 2009, 3:50 pm

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dude my lil cuz the mx'r was in the truck with me when u called + could hear the story, hes like "i want one" we bust a gut

Post by **AlisoBob** » October 31st, 2009, 3:52 pm

Post by **AlisoBob** » October 31st, 2009, 3:58 pm

gregrobo · Post by **gregrobo** » October 31st, 2009, 6:08 pm

fukn wowsers

NightBiker07 · Post by **NightBiker07** » November 1st, 2009, 8:43 am

So why was he disqualified? too high power?

Post by **AlisoBob** » November 1st, 2009, 11:54 am

Generally, when you have no idea of what your doing and the chances of killing someone is quite high.... your disqualified...

NightBiker07 · Post by **NightBiker07** » November 1st, 2009, 2:18 pm

thats dumb. contest was to throw a pumpkin as far as possible, correct?

i would have to say that they win by a landslide.

CR500R7 · Post by **CR500R7** » November 1st, 2009, 7:56 pm

Awesome, I want one.

kdizzle · Post by **kdizzle** » November 1st, 2009, 10:14 pm

I fully salute the men responsible for that howitzer. Talk about killing a fly with a sledgehammer!!

Baddass man. i wonder what kind of distance that thing could achieve at a 45 degree angle. miles?

NightBiker07 · Post by **NightBiker07** » November 2nd, 2009, 8:04 am

"In other news, 747 shot down by pumpkin"

Gravel Scratcher · Post by **Gravel Scratcher** » November 2nd, 2009, 2:02 pm

Generally, when you have no idea of what your doing and the chances of killing someone is quite high.... your disqualified...

Beg to differ, i think they knew exactly what they were doing ...........that is throw a pumpkin further than all the others.

And the winner is "The Lobber"

Cheers

"SOLID Bro!!" · Post by **"SOLID Bro!!"** » November 2nd, 2009, 3:24 pm

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iggys-amsoil · Post by **iggys-amsoil** » November 2nd, 2009, 3:37 pm

What Logger?

Spot the Hottie white shirt walking away.

CR500R7 · Post by **CR500R7** » November 4th, 2009, 1:20 am

NightBiker07 wrote:"In other news, 747 shot down by pumpkin"

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » November 4th, 2009, 7:10 am

dude, that thing is like a beefier version of a potato launcher... Andy had a potato launcher some years back and some funny stories about it as well

hoofarted · Post by **hoofarted** » November 4th, 2009, 7:41 am

Ya potato cannon fueled by oxyacetylene is a no go!

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » November 4th, 2009, 7:45 am

what, schedule 40 couldn't take it??

http://www.youtube.com/user/500bigbore · Post by **Roostius_Maximus** » November 4th, 2009, 9:20 am

hoofarted wrote:Ya potato cannon fueled by oxyacetylene is a no go!

my best oxy one was wrapped in chicken wire + duct tape, had to kee the shrapnel in. gave that one away

My pvc one has a RCMP evidence tag on it and had no charges, i hung it in our museum.
I made a "bullet" from cardboard disk, pinched 2 of them at the end of a 5/8 bolt with body washers, 2 more at the back, i put that combo in and out of a 45gal drum from 20ft back with propane+nitrous. I had a fancy 9volt dual selenoid kit so i could load it quicker, potato, apple, frog wapped in papertowel, ice, whatever down the barrel, bump the fuel switch for a second and lite it up.

the buddys over at the cheeze factory brought me a load of stainless scrap, but i think im outta that game

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » November 4th, 2009, 9:45 am

FROG?!

hoofarted · Post by **hoofarted** » November 4th, 2009, 9:48 am

FROG - LMFAO!!!

I shoved foam in the barrel and shot my friend in the ass from 10' away - said it felt like getting kicked in the ass....HARD!

Then I made some CO2 bombs - got the tater gun ready to go. Lit fuse and launched...made for a cool mid-air explosion!

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » November 4th, 2009, 9:50 am

dude, I remember your CO2 canister bombs! you dumbass, I remember you launching those with your wrist rocket!

hoofarted · Post by **hoofarted** » November 4th, 2009, 9:50 am

dannygraves wrote:dude, I remember your CO2 canister bombs! you dumbass, I remember you launching those with your wrist rocket!

ya potato gun was a step up from that! hahah

CR500R7 · Post by **CR500R7** » November 6th, 2009, 1:08 am

Haven't you guys covered "blowing shit up" before?

ISBB · Post by **ISBB** » November 6th, 2009, 12:12 pm

i had one with a 3' 4" chamber and 2.5' of 2" barrell Plums were the best and .99 cent walmart starter fluid worked the best!!! First time we tried it out i knocked a plank out of my buddy's wood fence at 200' it was freakin awesome!!

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Pumpkin Lobber.....

Pumpkin Lobber.....