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The Aquarium Crew have a big shopping list of scrap at the six-hour point. They make great progress in building the first of their A-frames. Spirits are high, until they discover a measuring mishap. A traditional trebuchet has a long throwing arm and a shorter weight arm - the ideal ratio being 4:1. Expert Don is proposing a 3:1 ratio, meaning less power, but critically less weight stressing the machine, if the team can get their calculations right.

The BalloonaticsThe Aquarium crewThe Balloonatics' designThe Aquarium Crew's design
Crossbow design takes shapeFrom agricultural trailer to trebuchetScant ScavengingA-framing hitch
Balloonitics fire one!Aquarium fire one!Second attemptsThe winning lob
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