Test Day

Test day for our trebuchet was very successful! We achieved a distance of 60m however the wind was quite strong that day so we expect it wouldn't go quite that far on a normal day. We did not make any changes to our trebuchet during test day as we had made it well in advance and had already made changes. One of these changes involved adding handles in order to easily carry the trebuchet around.

The only thing that was not completed on test day was the accuracy part of the challenge. We still had to find a way to make our trebuchet only go 15m as compared to its usual average of around 60m. We worked on this in the days following test day and found a way to make it work by restricting the drop in the counterweight and shortening the throwing arm.

The only other thing that we had to alter after test day was the pouch. Our pouch was simple in construction however very efficient. The only problem was that the stitching that surrounded the ball would occasionally loosen. In order to fix this we added additional stitching in order to support the ball better.\



Our Successful Trebuchet!