A Snowdown Family friendly, and Brainy Event. To celebrate this historical Formal event we present. Basic Info: Back after a 7-Light-years journey from the Neutral zone. This will be our FIFTH year of hurling kitties. •Teams will build their own Trebuchets to specs of the Snowdown Cat-A-Pult coordinators. •What: Hurl 3-kitties (losers of feline fashion event) of a distance of (approx 120ft+/-) Launching a Kitty projectile (approx 8oz) (provided by the SnowDown Cat-A-Pult event coordinators) to The Kitty Box, (50 gal trash can) Type to be determined. •When: Saturday, February 3, 2018. of SnowDown 2018 1400hrs/2:00PM. , Check in and inspection Check In 1300hrs . Your device must be certified before it may compete. We must have time to certify devices. •Registration: Sign up and Check-in 60 minutes before event. •We ask you to Pre registration sooner the better please. •Contact: DownTown Steve Brown at DownTownSteveBrown@yahoo.com OR . JENNY LAVELLE @ POWERHOUSE science museum 970-259-9234 •Sponsors: POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER •Where / Location: POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER, NORTH PARKING LOT The Overall Idea: “The Durango Snowdown Cat-A-Pult” (TDSCAP) > SEE –Youtube Past Snowdown Cat-A-Pult video. < > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkEmA2dkYOQ < • Returning Hurlers - same as last past YEARS, •New Hurlers Note this is an OPEN DIVISION EXPERIMENTAL & for ACCURACY •Objectives. •#1 is to have fun! & be safe. •Goal: Teams will build a trebuchet that can shoot reliably and accurately, repeatedly. (approx 120ft+/- OR/ & 200ft+/-) Hitting the kitty box (trash barrel). Teams will have 5-minutes to load and Launching 3- separate Kitty projectiles (approx 8oz) one at a time (provided by the Snowdown Cat-A-Pult event coordinators ) repeatedly to a “Kitty Box“ target (You have 3-kitties to toss). •All contestants and teams must meet event rules and regulations. •For ALL Rules regs & specs may be picked up from: MsteveBrown2015@gmail.com., POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER 1333 Camino Del rio, Durango, Colorado OR on line of the Web site POWERHOUSE SCIENCE CENTER •You can also check out these links books and web sites on building trebuchets . •When is Event: Saturday of SnowDown 2018, February 3rd hurling starts @2pm •Registration: Set up & Sign up and Check-in 45-minutes before event. •Check In 1:00pm/1300hrs •Event1400hrs /2:00PM •Registration: Signup is requested sooner than later. So we make sure your team has kitties. •Entry Fee: $10 per team, used for event prizes.