Thanks Lee for the heads up. Will look for it next week.
I found the link for it:
http://www.scifi.com/masterblasters/
Personally, I'm thinking of constructing a catapult or trebuchet to shoot
something like a dumpling at low flying airplanes. I live about 5 miles
from
the county air****t and some largish jets think it entirely reasonable to
pass overhead at less than 1000 feet. Some are as low as 500 feet. Granted
that actually hitting a plane at 500 ft going in excess of 150 mph is
improbable... but it does make a statement <g>. Easier to shoot a model
rocket but what's the challenge in that. I'm sure that the FAA takes a dim
view of anything hurtling towards a plane.
Oppie
"Lee Gordon" <bucketofspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> It isn't exactly Junkyard Wars, but of all the similar type shows this
one
> seems the closest despite the fact that the teams don't have to scavenge
> for
> scrap to build their projects.
> In this case, the show is Master Blasters on the Sci-Fi Channel. Two
> teams
> compete to construct some sort of rocket powered device. In tonight's
> show
> the contest was inspired by the Wizard of Oz. Each team was given a
> child's
> playhouse (about 6'x6'x6' wooden structure) and they were required to
> design
> and build whatever was necessary to launch it as high as possible into
the
> air, make it spin at least 3 full revolutions, deploy a parachute or
other
> system to bring about a soft landing and, some time before touching
down,
> launch a mannequin representing a witch and have it land safely away
from
> the house.
> Next week the 2 teams must construct giant size "lawn darts" which will
> fly
> 1000 feet and then embed themselves, point down, in the ground.
>
> Lee
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