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Trebuchet #2 – Testing Again

Posted on November 25, 2015

We’re back for another round of trebuchet testing, and this time the prototype is beginning to look like a functioning weapon of (small scale) warfare. Above you can see the prototype assembly. The supports hold …

Posted in Archived Posts, Trebuchet #2Tagged 3d print, Launch Angle, Max Distance, Optimization, optimize, Prototype, testing, trebuchet

Trebuchet #2 – Build time and Material optimization

Posted on November 10, 2015

After testing we decided on a few changes that could be made for our next iteration of the trebuchet. A couple of changes where made in the structural design in order to reduce build time …

Posted in Archived Posts, Trebuchet #2Tagged optimize

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