As of now we have officially finished one actual stilt. It works beautifully and without issues. The next step is trying to find something safe and secure to put my foot in while using the actual stilt. For now we're focusing on finishing one boot as that would be necessary to create the instructable so that those after us can do this too. At some point in the future i will actually build the other boot and we will have a working pair. When, however, is unknown for now.
Collin is finishing his set of boots. He has made them out of steel and has welded everything so he doesn't need the supports that Jimmy does with his aluminum. Collin can also save of parts in terms of nuts and bolts (lucky bugger). It looks like Jimmy will not have the time to finish his second boot before the due date of the entire project. Therefore we will be using one of Collins boots and one of Jimmy's boots for our final grade and the testing section.
We finished our project during week 11. We have challenged ourselves to build a trebuchet that fires 700+ feet within a week. This is not for a grade as far as we know but its still in progress. We may not finish within the week since we have to test and dial it in but if we don't Jimmy will take it home and finish it at his farm.
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