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AFRL researcher brings science, history to chucking pumpkins
Team ETHOS’s pumpkin chucking machine, the Phoenix, launches a pumpkin through the sky during the annual Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Pumpkin Chucking competition, Oct. 21. The Phoenix is a type of torsion machine that generates power through the twisting of ropes at the root of a throwing arm. Team ETHOS uses the Phoenix’s built up torsion power to catapult pumpkins thousands of feet through the sky. (U.S. Air Force Photo / David Dixon)
AFRL researcher brings science, history to chucking pumpkins
Less than 100 pounds of rope are twisted together to generate the force needed by Team ETHOS’s pumpkin chucking machine, the Phoenix, to launch pumpkins distances greater than 3,500 feet. (U.S. Air Force Photo / David Dixon)