Blog #3 Group 26 Sam Weed Luke Gomez Christian Nelson Garrett Munck

We ran into many issue with our original design because it did not have a launching system or an electrical component. Also our original design would not have made it within the required time limit. The marble was travel at a rapid rate because there were no forces stopping it. Another challenge we faced was the challenge of adding on more boards to allow for more room for the ball to travel. In the original plan we planned on using two boards to do the entire reaction. However, the two boards only allowed us to fit so many simple machines and devices. To help make the reaction longer and to to add more simple machines and devices we needed to add another two boards. Another issue we kept having was the issue of stability for the entire reaction. Finding a method to connect the electrical components was also very difficult. We had a domino effect that allowed energy to transfer from one domino to another than once the dominion reached the end of the wooden beam it would fall into a cup connected to a pulley. Another is when the marble hit the car so that the car would hit the mouse trap causing the catapult to trigger.