Hello Everyone, Oen of my teams managed to make a single motor catapult. However, we still couldn’t figure out how to make the launcher. We tried many different combination but none of them seems to be working properly. I mean the shooting accuracy is still very low. Below is the latest version we …

BTW, the part that holds the 2 balls is very similar to what our team uses. I noticed that yours is a 12x7 (6"x3.5"). Ours is 13x6. We found that a 12 beam across is too tight for the balls and a 13 or 14 would work better. Hope that helps. Good luck!

I assume the catapult lowers and launches, since you mentioned it is working but the accuracy is low. Is it not going far enough or at the right trajectory? Distance and trajectory are based on amount of force (your rubber bands) and shooting angle. Think of it like kicking a field goal or shoot…

Thank you, our main problem the launcher design - the thing that holds two balls. It needs to be redesigned.

Thanks! That’s what we were trying to find out. We will try it tomorrow. Thank you!

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spaghetti_code February 27, 2022, 9:24pm 7

Great to hear, and good luck!

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