Tensile Projectile

Team Member:

Benas

Dan

Deqing

Gabriel

Pushan

Rachel

Step 1: Brainstorm, Maquette Making, Testing

The thoughts we started out our brainstorming considering were: kites, flying, tensegrity, projectiles.

After a brief discussion about tensegrity, we decided a maquette was necessary. A simple, three compression member, tensegrity structure was fabricated out of wooden dowels and rubber bands.

Step 2: Thrower

Step 3: Parachute

Step 4: Maquette

Step 5: All Parts in One