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1. Why does it look like a spoon?
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It's the shape we ended up liking most. It gives the throw a little back spin. Think of a jai alai cesta, but less severe.
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2. What keeps the boulder from falling out of the spoon?
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There are pneumatically actuated fins that didn't make it on the bag. They're part of our 30 lbs.
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3. Is the spoon-a-pult motor driven, if so what is powering it?
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The spoon-a-pult(ugh...) is powered by 3 775s. Through a PTO, those same motors drive our scaling winch.
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4. Is the center of the 8 in 180 half inch stroke?
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Yup. That was carefully monitored.