Test Day

This image shows us setting the trebuchet.

 On our test day our trebuchet performed much better than we had ever thought. On average it shot 40 meters and it was very accurate. We did not expect our trebuchet to do so well due to the fact that we had built it the night before. We had some difficulty with the pouch. The pouch kept pulling tight, not allowing the ball to fly out. We also had some difficulty keeping our trebuchet from falling over after the ball was thrown. To avoid this problem we put weights on the front to stop it from falling backwards.