The Design of Torsion Catapult and Its Accuracy
Musa Abbas, Bruk Addis, Levi Anderson-White, Owynn Black, Ahmad West-Bey
Background: For this project, we used
important domains such as constantly
testing our design to see different results
and see if it benefited us with distance. We
also made detailed diagrams to specifically
see how far the ball will launch and use that
information to make better decisions.
Research objective: Aim for more accuracy and
power to hopefully reach further than 10
meters.
Materials:
● 6 Wooden 2x4s ($4.48)
● 2 Wooden Dowels ($1.12)
● 1 Wooden 2x6 ($4.33)
● 12 Screws ($0.50)
● 12 Common Nails ($0.50)
● 20ft of Small Rope ($2)
● 2 Hook Screws ($0.50)
● 1 Plain Thin Balso Wood Board ($0.75)
Washington Latin Public Charter School Data:
5200 2nd St NW, Washington DC 20011 8 points, 8 points, 10 points
Original Design and Building Process:
Includes at least three photos of your building process.
Including a photo of the final product. With figure labels and
brief descriptions with each photo
Figure 1: beginning Figure 3: Completed
Figure 2: Mid-Build
Catapult
Conclusion:
● No, unfortunately we were
going for short and direct but it
went a little far
● It wasn't that good it went a little
to far most of the time
Started the original base Final catapult design
Almost completed the ● Originally was simple and just
catapult, created the
for the catapult and completed, after all
actual launch
like the video but didn’t go far
brought all the materials edits and new parts.
mechanism enough
● Cut off some of the arm and
tightened the rope to make it go
farther
Adkowelegemnts/ Referances:
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1. ApA citation goes here
And thanks to Musa and Levi’s parent for
providing a location to work and giving us
the power tools needed to build the catapult.
And thanks to Bruk and Owynn’s parents for
bringing the nails and wood to create the
catapult.