Onager Online - Links

Links worth looking into - just click on the highlighted words to go to web sites where you can find other catapult and punkin chunkin related stuff.

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Punkin Chunkin Links:

The Punkin Chunkin Message Forum!Join discussions on everything from how to build a Punkin Chunker to Trash Talkin the competition! Simply go to http://punkinchunkin.com/phpBB3/index.php

Senator Bill Bradley interviewed Bob Carbo, captain of Team Carbo and the Onager, on the radio program "American Voices" Go to the web site for SIRIUS Satellite Radio to learn more - then go to the archives section.

Check out the World Championship Punkin Chunkin web site for the latest pix of Punkin Chunkin 1998, as well as the results of the competition, a punkin chunkin video, and other Punkin Chunkin goodies.

Here is a link to a web site with lots of pics from Punkin Chunkin Championships 2000.

How Stuff Works features the Onager and Punkin Chunkin at the Raleigh Chunkin competition for 2000.

Punkin Hurling 10/10/99 -  Busti, NY  Sponsored by Busti Fire Dept.

2nd Annual Punkin Chunkin 10/3099  -  Raleigh, North Carolina Sponsored by Radio Station G-105, held at Hill   Ridge Farms

Click here for all the latest info on the 1999 World Championship Punkin Chunk

Here is another Punkin Chunkin web site. You'll find photos, streaming video, and 1998 contest results.

To find out more about Punkin Chunkin, it's history, and it's participants go to The Unofficial Punkin Chunkin Association Homepage.  They were able to raise over $30,000 for charities  with the 1998 World Championship Punkin Chunk.

Team Carbo and the Onager traveled 1200 miles to get to Morton, Illinois this September to be a part of their version of Punkin Chunkin. It was well worth the trip. To find out more about it, and their Pumpkin Festival check out their web site.

Web sites of other Punkin Chunkin Machines:

Team Tormentum - Creators of Mista Balista, an awesome tosion catapult.

Pumpkin Slayer -  A unique catapult, can compete with the best in either human powered or unlimited.

ACME Catapult - out of Morton Ilinois, a really cool unlimited class catapult that has made several TV appearances.

Loaded Boing, - a regular at Punkin Chunkin for many years, has a web presence too. They have the world's most dangerous sling shot!

FIBONACCI 540, -a vey unique entry at the World Championships, has a great web site too.

Monster Mash - one of the latest newcomers to Punkin Chunkin - but making quite a stir with their Trebuchet

Big Ten Inch - an awsome Punkin Chunkin air canon - in fact, one of the best in the world! They have a great web site too!

Catapult Links:

The Ultimate Catapult resource - the Hurl

Check in with other hurlers on the Catapult Message Board to find out the latest info.

Be sure tio visit Siege-Engine.com the web site for Team Tormentum. They have built quite a variety of catapults , including the infamous Mista Balista. They also have some great pics of Punkin Chunkin.

Trebuchets, another type of catapult, are becoming quite the rage. A good place to  learn more about them, and  find some neat links is at the  Grey Company Trebuchet page. 

If you want to see more authentic reconstructions of things medieval check out  Middelaldercentret. They've built an incredible Trebuchet!

Go to the web site of Darius Architectus for photos, 3-D computer pictures, and plans for an Historical Balista. This web site is great - only to be out done by the Catapult itself !

Greg's Trebuchet page (and home of Team Eccentric) is filled with info, pix and drawings of his Trebuchet.

At this page of Siegecraft and Defence you'll find some more reconstructions of medieval siege engines at the Caerphilly Castle.

The Timber Framers Guild built a really nice Trebuchet for NOVA at the Highland Fling, where they were trying to see if Trebs could really destroy a "castle wall".

Lars Ryslinge built himself a pretty neat trebuchet and I have posted  some pictures he sent me of it. To view them - just click here for Lars Catapult pics.

Some middle school students from Texas who call themselves The Legions have put together a great  Web Page which features a neat little Catapult they built. They call it the  Lethal Enforcer-An Alexander Hammilton Ballista.

Other Links:

I couldn't have built the Onager without expert help from Bay Design of Baltimore who custom manufactured some vital parts for me (Thanks Ray and Bill ). You can e-mail them at bdi@abs.net

For you fellow Civil War buffs, go to the Civil War Online.

Send some E-Mail to Team Carbo.

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