The King of Fling Catapult Contest begins at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 18th.
The goal of the contest is to hit targets. The targets battle will be placed at intervals as shown in the Field Set Up Diagram. During the actual contest, each contestant fires 6 projectiles while the judges observe. At the judge's signal, your team's time on the firing line will begin. Then, firing will commence and you may shoot as many as 6 projectiles. All projectiles must be hurled within a total of 4 minutes. Teams experiencing mechanical problems will be allowed reasonable time to correct problems and allowed to shoot again after all other teams have completed their hurls.
Web site: http://makerfaire.com/kingoffling/
King of Fling
Catapult
Donald Akers
To build a catapult and enter into King of Fling competition
Flame Thrower Catapult
Pat Powers and Team
Catapult for the Fling Flang Flung: King of Fling Contest. With luck, out catapult will throw a water ballon and hit a Bozo Bop Bag.
Flingamajigadingdong
Joe Knize
Flingamajigadingdong is a trebuchet made out of stuff that was cluttering up the garage anyway -- scrap wood and bricks. For my first treb, I'm going for function over form, brawn over beauty. (She's kind of ugly, but she'll get the job done.)