The invention of the aluminum can and our JPL project are surprisingly similar. The aluminum can is a simple yet complicated object. The issue was trying to find a way to hold a beverage in a closed system. This close system allows for a strong, pressurized can. Our group applied this simplistic way of problem solving to our JPL project. Rather than using various sensors to determine the exact time needed to pull a PVP pipe up we're using a pully system based souly off counter weights.
So far this year's JPL competition is going well. Although we had to ditch our original claw idea and pivet to a bar under PVP pipe idea. It was a rough start but now that we have our materials and some concrete ideas to work off of we're getting lots done.
There is a lot of obstacles we still need to over coming the coming weeks. First, we still need to make a pully system. We practically haven't started doing that so we need to step it up. Since theres no mechanical pieces, as in motors, we no longer need to bread-broad. Once we get that pully system up and running we should be at the testing stages of the project. Things are starting to look up for VikingsX.
Besides from PLTW Im trying to get crocs4kidz up and running. I elected all of our office members and delagated some power to a new division in charge of social media. Donovan Sanders our newly elected club president filled out our grant application. Im going to match the grant money with m own money and we'll go to the last croc store in LA, which is 17 miles away. We're planning on buying around 40 pair of crocs that day. With that inventory we can sell them at 10$ a pair at club day. Crocs4Kidz will take over the campus, mark my words.