I would do a counterweight Trebuchet for this project. I want to make it because it seems like a more simple one out of the few and it looks more likely to succeed rather them fail. It works by using a counterweight a short distance from the pivot, to cause a powerful rotational motion which swings the sling up. I feel that my group would be able to create a very good trebuchet and may be able to add things to it to make it unique.
Case Study #1:
Positives
- This case study gave us the dimensions that they had used.
- They showed there entire process of what they did and how they did it.
- They have very good pictures of the materials and the final product
- They showed a video of how it worked at the end.
- It looks like it would be to big for us to make in the amount of time that we have.
- They used things that we do not really have access to.
- They had a hard time building the firing mechanism, so we might have a difficult time with that ourselves
Case Study #2:
Positives:
- It is a good case study because the people making it are also doing it for a high school project just like we are.
- They give each individual measurement for each part.
- They gave a step by step process of how they did it.
- The trebuchet they made is more for golf ball and we might be using baseballs or lemons.
- Most of the images they gave were diagrams and not really pictures of them actually building it.
- It look a little small, we would have to make it a little bit bigger.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Girls-Bulid-a-Trebuchet/
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