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MelonMusketeer


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Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6D
Location: Felda Fl
Date: Jan 1, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 250
Galleries: Action, Food and Drink
Date Uploaded: Dec 23, 2006

Viewed: 1079
Comments: 12
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 Our air cannon "Spooky Bazookey" launching watermelons into a pond at the KC National BBQ cook off at Felda Fl. Muzzle velocity is over 500 ft per sec with 8 lb melons. Good fun good food. Expect more pics from this years event after 1,1,07.
Zoom at 40 mm, cropped to square.
There is video of this shoot on line. Google "Spookey
Bazookey" in quotes, for that.
YouTube link
Skip forward to about 2:30 in the video unless you want to wade through a brief history of our melon launching adventures.

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 10/15/2011 07:24:04 PM
so yeah can i get a turnip launcher for my shoulder?
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 09/05/2011 09:48:55 PM
Nice! After seeing this it's clear that in England we have no idea how to celebrate the new year =).
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 02/14/2010 01:25:54 PM
that is waay cool
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 01/22/2010 09:32:36 PM
I don't recall seeing this before - way cool!
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 01/05/2008 05:42:46 PM
Nice, Waddy! That is quite the contraption. Love how you caught the impact back there.
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 01/05/2008 11:22:23 AM
They used to do a yearly Punk'n Chunk'n contest near where I lived in Indiana. This reminds me of that. All of these things are a lot of fun, but the trebuchets are always my favorite. Nice capture.
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 01/05/2008 10:34:29 AM
Field Artillery?
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 01/04/2008 07:05:11 PM
Thanks for the awesome photo. Certainly a unique hobby you have there!
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 01/04/2008 02:09:25 PM
What a waste of good watermelons! LOL Just kidding, looks interesting.
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 01/04/2008 01:58:30 PM
Waddy great shot :) I see you had lots of ammo!
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 12/31/2006 03:46:02 PM
Man, that looks like lots of fun. I'd love to see how it works. Are there plans available?
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 12/23/2006 01:44:01 PM
No way! This is awesome. I'm a big fan of home made projectile launchers. Made a few myself, but nothing this cool! Great name for it too!
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