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World Championship Chunk 2007: 10 and under
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The 10 and under catapult category had three machines in it this year, and everyone I talked to was plenty friendly. The families had a tendency to disappear after their shots, so I didn't get to chat with them much.
Sister Slinger has been reliably shooting a bit over 400 feet all weekend. With a distance of around 450 feet, they took first place.
Sister Slinger appears to be several oil barrels welded together, with giant rubber bands running down the sides.
Little Liberty is a spring trebuchet with the springs in the middle being bent down to provide the throwing power.
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Hatra Ballista started with 168 ft, and did worse on Saturday, leaving it in 3rd place till the Sunday shot of 330 ft let Little HB take 2nd place.
Little Liberty shot 180 on their first shot, and a bit worse when shooting into the wind on Saturday. On Sunday, the had the tools out just before the shot adding a new pin, and more pullback, and increased their distance to 198ft. Not quite enough.
Team Tormentum brought two of our torsion machines to the chunk this year.
Mista Ballista returned to Delaware for the 2007 Punkin Chunk. We didn't get everything done that we wanted, but we had high-hopes to improve over last year.
Once again, the torsion class ruled the field with massively long distance shots and the usually great Torsion comraderie.
Hatra Ballista Jr took its first trip to Delaware for the '07 chunk to compete in the _Youth 10 and Under_ division. It came down on the roof of Grandpa's van, and didn't hit the field till 7:45 am on Friday.
Various notes from other divisions, and events of interest.