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Re: pic: My POE Ballistic Device Project

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Originally Posted by Kyle Love View Post
We were not told the distance we had to shoot until we walked into class today. So, during our test days we took several measurements between the 5 and 15 foot range that he could have tested us on. It ended up being 13 feet.

We shot it really straight. After we finished building it I was concerned it would hook, like a paintball gun. But after testing it surprisingly shot dead straight.

-Kyle
I teach the POE class as well. In my class, my students must make their device to be accurate. They can shoot three times, and they are to land at the same spot each time. To be able to shoot for distance is easy, but to be able to consistantly land the ping pong ball in the same spot is the hard part. This is a very cool project because the students must be creative in their design with materials they supply, all while keeping it within a 1 x 1 square footprint.
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