Defense Building
- Drawbridge is finished
- all thats left is port culis and low bar
- Low bar: Need to rebuild the wood base
- Port Culis: Need to be put together, all different parts are done
- finished by tomorrow
Catapult
- 3 different catapult plans
- One using a bungee cord that can be forced back, very compact
- Flywheel shooter with spinning wheels, got a prototype
- Should be tested out tomorrow
Picker Upper
- Will only run with one motor
- Has wooden box with bungee cords in it
- Bungee cords in and is testing
- Works if it is directly oriented in the center, need to figure out how to get it into the center or work with different orientations
- Trying to put different things on the bungee cords, currently 2 pieces of EMT
- Trying to lower the friction
Scissorjack / new design team
- Scissor jack is abandoned
- Finished a tape measure prototype and also have a retractable arm prototype
- Testing it out today (tape measure) looks promising
Painting Team
- 5 done, gonna start drawbridge tomorrow
- need to wait for defense people to finish the stuff
Saturday Program:
- Will see
- Get a buddy system so they can also learn some skills
- Figure it out tomorrow
- Painting needs help
- People help clean tables (Don’t know what to do, will be boring)
- Thayer will help clean in the morning
- Someone can work with jane to help test, show people how to cut things
- Port culis- Zheyin does not need help
- Catapult Crew: got a Jovin, don’t need another person for help currently, maybe later
- Freddie: Will be testing tomorrow, one person can go there
- FlyWheel: Done by MONDAY
- Test stuff
Programming
- Need to fix network tables
Drive Train:
- Discovered the hex thing won’t fix with current bolts, needed to buy new bolts
- Got new bolts, and will probably mount the hubs tonight
- Bolts that were on did not fit with hub
- Undo gearbox, take out axle
- Figured out how to get the axle centered in the wheel
- Making holes, cutting, going to be tapping the bars that will become the axle
- About half have holes, hopefully be finished by tomorrow
What else:
- Fill out the form Mrs. Brown sent