Blitman Brigade

Today we worked on completing the Trebuchet and had decent progress with this task. The arm is a bit thin so we added support. We started to work on inscrutables but we ran into a problem because we did not take the necessary progress pictures needed in the instructable. We have to use the pictures that we have. We have also started to put the wheels on both the Trebuchet and Catapult.

Today we continued our work on the Trebuchet and attached a few wheels to the Catapult. We hope to finish attaching the wheels onto the Catapult the next time we have to work on them. Instructables was started today and we got up to step 5. There are many steps and I hope to finish it soon because we have to get other things done.

Today we continued construction on the Trebuchet. Although we do not have the proper materials to build what we want to we are going to try our best to produce something that works. Our arm is going to be a little to thin so we are going to have to reinforce it with smaller pieces of wood. Another problem we are running into is finding an axle that will not break and fit into the hole that we drilled into the Trebuchet.

Today we did not have our full group present, so it was not as productive as the previous days. We have cut the holes in the arm and the supporting wood placed on the arm to prevent it from snapping. This has completed the building of the Catapult. Our next step is to buy the Giant rubber bands for the Catapult to create power in our arm. We also have to finish the building of the Trebuchet. I have a bad feeling that its not going to go as planned.

Our main goal for today was to try to finish the Catapult completely. We finished it but have to adjust the arm so it does not crack when in action. The axle went on smoothly and we continued building the Trebuchet. Our next move is to update the Catapult and Trebuchet when we are done building.

Today we completed the catapult but we are waiting on the axle so we can fully complete it. Our goal is to launch a ball 100 yards which is a football field. This is going to be a challenge for us because none of us have experience with building things. Hopefully we can hit the mark and get a decent grade.

Today we are continuing the construction of the Catapult. We are almost done with the building but will need to upgrade it after we build the Trebuchet. The Trebuchet will be a little more challenging because of the complexity compared to the Catapult. We had to unscrew the unstable base of the Trebuchet to redo it and try to make it a little more stable. We made some progress on the Catapult but its becoming rough.

Today we started to construct the part of the Catapult that holds the arm in place. We might have to speed the building up because we are running out of time. We have two machines that we have to construct and update to make it work at the best of their ability. Our previous building on Thursday 3/22/18 went well and we managed to create the base of the Catapult. Hopefully building the main part of it will go the same way.

Today we created the base of the Catapult which went well. This consists of 5 25"  2 by 4's and 2 4' 2 by 4's. This was a simple part of the construction but will get more complicated as we progress. We hope to create the main part of the Catapult or build the base of the Trebuchet after we come back from spring break.