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• Initial Plans

  Emily • 12 hours ago • 0 comments

  Project Breadapult has launched! Pun intended.

  We decided on these overarching goals:

  • Build a working catapult that is able to launch bread across the dining hall
  • Be able to control the distance the bread travels to accurately hit our targets

  And these design requirements to achieve those goals:

  Feature	Description	Implementation
  Launch Mechanism	An automated way to torque the arm and launch bread	Servo motor, Spring
  Securing Arm	To secure the arm in place while the spring loads	Solenoid
  Launch Angle	To change the angle of release, impacting distance of travel	Servo Motor, Potentiometer
  Bonus: Bread Supply	Wheel device to continuously supply bread	Stepper Motor
  Bonus: Panning	Rotate entire catapult to acheive 360° of attack	Servo motor, potentiometer

  We've also started developing the physical design for the frame, pictured below! Next steps are to obtain wood and begin construction of the physical frame. 

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