ENG 102IN

Jose L Casares
Chinmingnon Kone
Russell Sylvester

Catapult Design Project

the ballista) was a major weapon of warfare for well over a thousand
years. A double-armed catapult (also called the trebuchet) was
invented by Mariano Taccola of Siena during the Middle Ages, about AD
1400.
Four points to report

Design process
Improvements
Data collection
Special considerations
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Design process
The obvious choice
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Reverse Engineering
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IMPROVEMEN
TS
Data collection
Special considerations

Errors in construction
Errors in angle design
Elasticity
Catastrophic malfunctions
Any Questions (?)
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 Fin