Phiddipus Project

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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The project was a partial success. The stilts work but they're very difficult to cope with. WE plan on adding boots and securing our feet in better to improve this. Other than that pretty much everything turned out as it was planned.

We have cut the other spring and attached it to the last boot. Now all that's left is to test it. I will be taking it home and testing it under the supervision of my father. We designed our boots differently for specific reasons. Jimmy made his so that he could alter them by drilling more holes and moving the bolts. Collin made his in one way and welded everything for far superior structural stability. In order to improve these designs we would have to streamline the construction process, increase the amount of weight they can hold, and make them safer and more comfortable. One thing Jimmy plans on doing is he plans on getting ski boots and bolting them in so that all he has to do it put on the ski boot and hes ready to go. Sadly this is our second to last blog post. Our next post will feature pictures and videos of the actual product in action. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14qkvykVJF-rbIbbkNks-_KykeEHA0vE4/view?usp=sharing