In Russia, flaming pitch catapult outlaws YOU!
Tell you all something. Let’s have a Flaming Pitch Tossing Dope Fest at my house. I have 150 acres of land out back and my land is of course, private property. Most people here know I like to tinker with cool projects.
My wife makes a killer Lasagne and I’m in for a good spectacle.
What will we need for counter weights? I only have large slabs of granite! Who’s in?
“Approximately 100 people staged an impromptu demonstration outside the embassy, when the ambassador emerged from the door, a riot broke out; police officers moved in, deploying CS gas and rubber flaming pitch tossing catapults.”
150 acres of private property, and the owner not only will allow but is actively encouraging the construction of instruments of flaming flying burning destruction and their use?
Count me IN!!!
Where do you live, Phlosphr? I’ll be there tomorrow. q;}
Connecticut - and one of my back fields is almost 600 yards long…
The Flaming Pitch Tossing Catapult won’t go further than that right? Otherwise we get into town land and a bunch of bureaucratic muck de mucks…
I’m starting a thread on the necessities needed for the FPTCDF, in mpsims.
How 'bout we station our battery at the town’s edge and toss the projectiles back towards your house? That should keep us outta Dutch with the local constabulary if we overshoot.
You can’t shoot it towards my house…you may hit my treehouse! No away and into the back field is good!
Heck, my automobile is an “infernal machine.”
This just gave me an idea. I’m gonna build one of these bastards, set it up next to the house, and spread the rumor that I COULD launch flaming pitch if I wanted to. That’ll get these damn kids to keep the car stereos down.
Philosphr, we have a hunting cabin here in No Dak on 500 acres. Closest neighbor (forget the town) is 7 miles away. Let’s just have it here. I’m sure the tourism dept would give me a plaque for the money brought in. 
Sure! 
“Infernal Machine” is the best band name I’ve heard in months.
Would those of us in the rest of the USA need passports for No Dak? Is that anywhere near Ko Dak? Can I buy film there?
Anyway it would make a heck of a video, at night of course. Better than the Trebouchet on Northern Exposure.
Where does one get balls of flaming pitch–Flaming Pitch R Us?
Astro, why not pull out all the stops and just get a battery of Tomahawk missiles? Slather some flaming pitch on them and it says “Go to Hell!” to the Amway salesman in no uncertain terms.
If Hans Blix wants a look, just go ahead and let him.
How 'bout a flaming john
(Not as tasty as a Flaming Moe)
Here ya go: Flaming Pitch R Us, only $15.50/kg. They even offer a choice of hard, medium, soft, or very soft; although you can just buy hard, melt it, and make it as soft as you want by adding turpentine.
Can I come to Pitchfest too? Will there be any goats?
Sure go ahead and build a trebuchet and throw almost anything except any kind of flaming or flammable material. And be sure it is not going to cause damage you will ber responsible paying for.
“Beware of the Cog”
A friend used to own a farm which had a river as one border. The river (more of a big creek except in Spring) had wide sandbars and he used to have big (100-guest) outdoor BYO parties every summer on the sandbar.
The highlight of each party was a bonfire. Make that a BONFIRE. He’d make a teepee of logs & lumber 5-10 ft in diameter & 10-15 ft high. A suitable supply of diesel was used to ensure a good light-off. 50 foot flames were not uncommon, at least until all the diesel was consumed.
And every time he had to have a more outlandish way to light it off.
One year he/we built a trebuchet about 10’ tall. The missile was a roll of toilet paper soaked in kerosene. We set up about 100’ back from the teepee & opened fire as it were.
The first shot was waaay long, the second had good range, but was left of target. The third hit just short of the teepee & bounced up into it. Massive fireball ensued, followed by much drunken regaling. Sadly, this was before the widespread use of digital cameras.
Here is a picture of another party a couple of years later wherein the bonfire was started with a flaming arrow shot from a bow.
Again kerosene soaked TP provided the “pitch”. The photo is fish-eyed and the shooter is aiming away from us as well as across the scene; the actual distance from shooter to bonfire is about 50 ft.
Take this picture and double it and you’ve got an idea of the scene with the trebuchet and flaming “pitch”. I recommend it highly for anyone living rurally enough to pull it off. Just don’t forget to bring the beer; lots of it.
How about a 1920’s Death Ray Flaming Pitch Catapult?
Wouldn’t a flaming pitch tossing catapult qualify as a “920’s Style Death Ray”?