Battle Plans
Every good team needs a battle plan…
1. The Materials (Timing: 1-week maximum)
- Review the materials list and see if you currently have any of the items. This will help us stay below our $10 target.
- Generate a list of items that none of us have.
- Designate a representative (I live a mile away from Lowe’s) to get the remaining parts.
2. The Build (Timing: 2-3 nights maximum)
- Once the materials have been gathered we can begin our build according to the attached plans.
- We can build it to the “ES” but will likely see opportunities for improvement as we build.
- Per Mr. Edwards, I think Van Dyke would be a logical place to converge. Per his suggestion, the admin. Building, upper level has a lot of room for the build and experimentation.
3. The Test (Timing: 1-2 nights maximum)
- Upon successfully building the catapult we can begin to test for capability and possibly input some data into Mini-tab.
- At the testing phase we should also have some probability formulas to help us better estimate loft, distance, accuracy, etc. (Vern).
If this plan sounds reasonable, we can make the timing start Monday 2.11.08 with an estimated time to completion of 2.25.08. This timing will target us for our next BB Training No. 2, that starts 2.27.08.
