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Dayton team to be featured on Science Channel’s “Punkin, Chunkin”
Dayton’s American Chunker will be showcased Thanksgiving night on the Science Channel during the broadcast of the 25th annual World Championship Punkin’ Chunkin’ Competition held earlier this month in Delaware.
“Punkin, Chunkin” airs at 8 p.m. Thursday.
The team made of friends and coworkers from Wright Patterson Air Force Base placed third in their division, trebuchet.
Dayton Team ETHOS (Experimental Torsion Hybrid Onager System) placed sixth in the competed in the torsion division.
American Chunker uses gravity to throw their pumpkins.
“It’s the kind of machine you would have to have used in the middle ages,” team member Steve Beyer of Beavercreek said before leaving for this years’ competition.
The team sponsored by Southern Recipe pork rinds placed second in last year’s competition, their first time in the competing.
Formed six years ago, American Chunker is establishing an Endowment through the Greene County Community Foundation. It will provide scholarships to high school students interested in science and technology.
Foundation Director Ed Marrinan said American Chunker wants to get young people excited about math, engineering and related areas of study.
“Learning this type of stuff can be fun,” he said.
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By Weird Science
November 22, 2010 2:15 PM | Link to this
We, at The Fruit Ballistics As Offensive Weapons Institute, (TFBAOWI)will be watching and cheering the Dayton team in their quest for trebuchet excellence! There is nothing more satisfying than hitting a Frenchman in the face with a pumpkin after they insult us verbally from the castle wall with: “WE FHART IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION!!!!” Thank you, American Chunkers!!!!