Those are stackable? and cheap? I'm sorry you can use anything you want but just a suggestion about using bricks.hbk.showstopper wrote:okay.....dumbell weights
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yeah okay thanks and sorry about offending bricks
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You didn't offend bricks, I just thought you should give examples when you claim there to be "other materials" and not give any examples.hbk.showstopper wrote:yeah okay thanks and sorry about offending bricks
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Ya I saw one team do that, they said it was a real hassle to have to carry them aroundstarpug wrote:What about bricks, I like them much better because they can be stacked and movedLily Essence wrote:You could try filling the PVC pipes with water. That way, your device could weigh more without you having to put weights on it.
If you do go with weights, go with exercise freeweights or dumbells. If you don't have those, go with sand. Water weighs too little, and it's more difficult to bring around.
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Some teams just make the trajectory device very heavy, so there is no need for ballast. It is also possible to balance the device so that a launch does not cause any movement of the device. Think of balance shafts in car engines, recoiless rifles (well the event coordinator may not like something shooting out the back of your device), and other F=MA balanced devices. Remember that you don't really care if the device moves in a predicatably way, or if it moves after the ball leaves.
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one team I saw made it heavy and it seemed easier but I'm not sure........it didn't seem like they were having a hard time though.
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I'm not sure how they made it that heavy......however their catapault was one of the smallest at the comp.......I wish I asked them but I didn't know what school they were.....
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Well, we just use bricks and it works fine for us.....just wanted to see what others were using thanks
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Is there a way to keep the surgical tubing from stretching out too much? With my trajectory machine, I started by testing the 2 meters, and moved on until I reached 8. Then I took a few shots at the closer targets again just to make sure the data was correct and so I could test a few raised targets, but turns out, all the data pretty much went to waste because the surgical tubing stretched out while testing the 7 and 8 meters.
My partner and I decided to not test it in such long stretches to give the tubing some time to unstretch (not sure if that's a word), but I'm still worried that the surgical tubing'll still stretch out... so, help please?
My partner and I decided to not test it in such long stretches to give the tubing some time to unstretch (not sure if that's a word), but I'm still worried that the surgical tubing'll still stretch out... so, help please?
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