Here is an image of our design, images of our work will be posted on a later date.
Monday, October 21, 2013
The Trebuchet so far...
The creation of our trebuchet is going really well. Charli and I have almost completed the main supports of the design and will soon be able to start working on the mechanics of the "arm." We are going to try and put a sling on the trebuchet, but if that doesn't work, we'll just make it a catapult.
Here is an image of our design, images of our work will be posted on a later date.
Here is an image of our design, images of our work will be posted on a later date.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Trebuchet
This term we are making trebuchets!
Well... Catapults if we can't get sling to work, but I am determined to!
We will be trying to get our trebuchets to throw a golf ball the furthest and have suggested a battle between classes where we try to know down each others forts.
The one restriction that we have for this task is that the main structure of the trebuchet is allowed a maximum height of 550mm.
The unit sounds like a lot of fun, I have teamed up with Charli and today was our first day in the workshop.
We have glued and nailed together our base, and next lesson we will be starting on the main structure of the mechanism.
Well... Catapults if we can't get sling to work, but I am determined to!
We will be trying to get our trebuchets to throw a golf ball the furthest and have suggested a battle between classes where we try to know down each others forts.
The one restriction that we have for this task is that the main structure of the trebuchet is allowed a maximum height of 550mm.
The unit sounds like a lot of fun, I have teamed up with Charli and today was our first day in the workshop.
We have glued and nailed together our base, and next lesson we will be starting on the main structure of the mechanism.
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