MU students compete with egg canons, catapults and trebuchets

December 2, 2011 | 7:15 p.m. CST
Mark Messler prepares the firing mechanism for the canon his team used to launch their egg for the engineering Freshman Interest Group (FIG) egg catapult competition on the north end of Francis Quadrangle on Friday. Teams built catapults, trebuchets and canons to launch eggs 75 feet and land in a target area.