Fire Away!
Task:
Our task was to create a "catapult" that could shoot a projectile the farthest possible.
The constraints were:
It must have a base that sits on the ground
two legs that hold up an axle
a lever arm with both a load and an effort end
The device must be easily portable by one person and have no dimension that is larger than 1 meter
You can “set” it and release it, but not provide the firing itself.
Reflection:
I think for this project i did well as a creative and innovative thinker trying to push the limits of the constraints for this project and create something unique. Instead of building a catapult i built a basic crossbow which required many critical thinking elements to achieve as i had to come up with a lot of solutions to the various problems I encountered while testing.
While i did well as an engineer i could have been a better teammate in communicating to my group because we had to split encase my idea did not work which i could have reassured better. I also could have had more compassion for my group because i was upset from the lack of assistance and support for my idea and did not look from their perspective.