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Re: Catapults At Championship
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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
45's catapult is a pair of recurve bow (as in "and arrow") limbs, pulled back by winding a strap around a spool with a motor, and released to shoot by pneumatically disengaging the motor. With the right ball basket, it'll land basketballs consistently within a few inches every time.
3940 uses the original "fling-a-pult" design.
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45 can also fling the balls a really long way. Watching them on the practice field at Queen City was fun.
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