<p>Hey, so how would you design a pumpkin thrower? The pumpkin that goes furthest wins.</p>
<p>I would cheat and ask on College Confidential how others would do it. That way I wouldn’t have to actually think for myself.</p>
<p>Apply maximum force to the pumpkin in the proper direction.</p>
<p>I would NOT design it like the watermelon launch on youtube. Ouch!</p>
<p>I would do what UChopeful suggests and if that doesn’t work out, destroy all my competitors pumpkin throwers.</p>
<p>I would personally recommend a rocket-assisted coilgun. Or a giant slingshot.</p>
<p>watch LOTR or any kind of medieval themed movie</p>
<p>Serious?
All maximum angles at each range of possible wind force and weight of the pumpkin
The maximum load of the throw
Instead of throwing up and down, doing it rotational (exactly, a thrower!)</p>
<p>If you are not serious.
I’d recommend performing a magic. Here! A second later, there!
You can also photoshop it if it isn’t a live event.</p>
<p>You should also consider going to Yahoo Answer and find out. There are geeks there telling you just grap a couple RPG and you are good.
I think RPG is the best. or you can launch a rocket yourself. A real NASA rocket. That goes outside the earth.</p>
<p>If you can animated it.</p>
<p>Rail gun, obviously. Pumpkins are conductive, right?</p>
<p>Alternatively, a little Semtex in a large metal tube with a pumpkin ought to do the trick.</p>
<p>Does the pumpkin have to be in one piece? Would they take the average distance, say the furthest piece minus the closest piece? This could work to your advantage.</p>
<p>Google “Punkin Chunkin” This is a big, yearly event in Delaware.</p>
<p>One word for you: TREBUCHET!</p>
<p>UChopeful2010 wins the thread.</p>
<p>Liquefy the pumpkin and squirt that mamma jamma with a hydraulic pump thingie.</p>