pic: "You should never go against a robotics kid"

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Pikat

The video has been uploaded to YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0vZhZob9lk

We will probably take some better videos (ones where you can actually see the ball) over winter break. Also, we'll try to take some at 240 fps (the max my camera can handle, though I think we need a higher frame rate) and slow it down.

Based on the testing data, you logically now need to put an infinite number of loops of tubing on it.

[mrbob1000]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Based on the testing data, you logically now need to put an infinite number of loops of tubing on it.

building on that, you may want to replace at least some of the wood with metal for durability reasons. (eventually, the wood or the metal will fail)

[NorviewsVeteran]

call discovery channel and get the guys at time warp

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by NorviewsVeteran

call discovery channel and get the guys at time warp

seconded

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

seconded

I've never heard of that show before and I just watch a bit of it at discovery.com. It's really cool. We'll see if we can get this on, and see how inefficient our release angle is!

[daltore]

Awesome. That definitely puts my Vex ping-pong ball launcher (but actually robot altitudinal booster ) to shame. I wish we did stuff like that in my physics class. I third the recommendation to get it on Time Warp, that's exactly the kind of thing they'd do. And you know you've done a good job on something when you're the reason administrators try to ban it.

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by daltore

And you know you've done a good job on something when you're the reason administrators try to ban it.

Haha, yeah. I head the teacher talking today, and he said that he wasn't worried about safety with this particular catapult or the safety practices of the group, but in the future, who knows what dangerous contraptions less experienced groups would make, without proper safety training?

[BlackBird11891]

Any chance you would release the SolidWorks File

[Eugene Fang]

Originally Posted by BlackBird11891

Any chance you would release the SolidWorks File

I have an outdated .stp file. I'll talk to Bannanakin, who has the most recent one.

[Bannanakin]

Originally Posted by BlackBird11891

Any chance you would release the SolidWorks File

If anyone wants the cad, they can private message me their email, or IM me on aim, and i'll send the cad. I can send any format that solidworks 07 will create. I know it makes .step, .sldasm (of course), and .x_t. Those are the most common formats that I use.

[BlackBird11891]

I did it this is really cool.. the animation of it swinging is spectacular