Trebuchet Blog Post #1

So far, our group has completed work in order to prepare ourselves for the building of our full scale trebuchet. We have built a miniature size cardboard trebuchet that has helped us identify some of the physics concepts behind this challenge project, such as projectile motion and the effects gravity has on it. Our trebuchet is subject to two types of factors; enviromental and performance. Examples of environmental factors that will affect the performance would include gravity and air resistance. Some performance based factors would include length of the throwing arm, length of the sling and mass of the counterweight. A combination of these factors will affect how our trebuchet performs in full scale.

Below is what our small scale trebuchet looked like.