[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by jijiglobe

Our team is using surgical tubing to power our catapult . After a couple hours of testing our surgical tubing seems to be losing power. Is there any way we can avoid this problem (such as stretching the tubing less) that a team knows of or a good alternative to surgical tubing that won't be ruined easily? Thanks in advance people.

Surgical tubing looses its elasticity if it is subjected to cold. We had a tubing issue at a cold venue once and had to heat the tubing with a hair drier before every match.

BE CAREFUL! Overheating has its own set of negative issues...