In the accuracy part of the challenge our trebuchet performed extremely well. For our first throw we put most of our weights on and the ball hurled past the target and to the left of it. For our second throw we took some weight off and aimed it in the same position, our result was the correct distance but a bit to the left again. For our third throw we kept the same weight on the trebuchet but aimed it to the right. Our result was just about perfect as the ball landed 48.5cm away from the middle of the target.
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| Our trebuchet in action during accuracy competition |
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If I wanted to design our trebuchet differently I would change it to make the throwing arm lighter. I feel if the throwing arm is lighter it would get more speed and therefore throwing the ball farther.
If I were to make a whole new trebuchet I would make it out of steel because steel is more reliable and stronger than wood. I would also make it so that the throwing arm would be longer and lighter.
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