# Pittspeed needs to build one of these - beer catapult

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [March 8, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-needs-to-build-one-of-these-beer-catapult/188474 "2007-03-08T18:19:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![HaNnIBaL64](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hannibal64/32/5954_2.png) [@HaNnIBaL64](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HaNnIBaL64)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-needs-to-build-one-of-these-beer-catapult/188474/1 "2007-03-08T18:19:07Z")

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It took about 150 hours and $400 in parts to modify a mini-fridge common to many college dorm rooms into the beer-tossing contraption, which can launch 10 cans of beer from its magazine before needing a reload.

With a click of the remote, fashioned from a car’s keyless entry device, a small elevator inside the refrigerator lifts a beer can through a hole and loads it into the fridge’s catapult arm. A second click fires the device, tossing the beer up to 20 feet.

[http://www.yahoo.com/s/525583](http://www.yahoo.com/s/525583)

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**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-needs-to-build-one-of-these-beer-catapult/188474/2 "2007-03-08T19:04:52Z")

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fuckin awesome!

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**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-needs-to-build-one-of-these-beer-catapult/188474/3 "2007-03-08T19:50:36Z")

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wow now that would complete any bachelor pad lol

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**Author:** ![burnyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnyd/32/6020_2.png) [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-needs-to-build-one-of-these-beer-catapult/188474/4 "2007-03-08T20:00:54Z")

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pimpin!

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**Author:** ![green](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/green/32/5996_2.png) [@green](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/green)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-needs-to-build-one-of-these-beer-catapult/188474/5 "2007-03-08T20:01:30Z")

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That would work pretty well until someone triggered the remote by accident then it would be hilleriuos.

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**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-needs-to-build-one-of-these-beer-catapult/188474/6 "2007-03-08T20:02:42Z")

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shaken not stirred

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**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-needs-to-build-one-of-these-beer-catapult/188474/7 "2007-03-09T04:27:01Z")

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> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/4853):
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> fuckin awesome!

> [@My DIY JDM MR evo tails slight\_smile \*pics on car\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-diy-jdm-mr-evo-tails-pics-on-car/28634/5):
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> That would work pretty well until someone triggered the remote by accident then it would be hilleriuos.

🤣

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**Author:** ![steelcitysix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/steelcitysix/32/5992_2.png) [@steelcitysix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/steelcitysix)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-needs-to-build-one-of-these-beer-catapult/188474/8 "2007-03-09T07:51:43Z")

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I still have my old dorm fridge,which never had anything but beer in it as far as I can remember
