User:Anton1102/enes100/rubberband gun

Link to project JHK team page.

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
All of these were denied and I decided to join the rubberband gun project
 * 1. Robot Arm
 * 2. StarndBeest
 * 3. Robot Mast

Write problem statement

 * What materials are we going to use.
 * How are we going to gain materials that are outside of the class.
 * What kind of design are we going to come up and use that is from our own thoughts
 * How long will it take to finish this project
 * Can we alter the way of the project so that is completely new and original while the title of the project remains same.

Assign Task1

 * Get ready to discussing with the group about this project such as materials and designs, start brainstorming ideas, designs, and materials that will be applied to this project.
 * Look through any documentaries from the class projects or website videos and understand the basic requirements for this project and set up a specific goal for the group.
 * Find any designs that we can build upon. This is a Rubberband gun so we can modify the design in many ways such as pistol design, rifle, or even crossbow design.
 * The [Crossbow design] and another [crossbow]
 * "Repeatable shot" rubberband guns can be made from [lego] or [wood]. Even repeatable [pistol]

Compare actual work done to Task1

 * I started to build the structures of the pistol and the crossbow.
 * Showed the team that we can do many things with the LEGO especially variety improvements we want to put.
 * We worked on how to make the trigger on each of the guns we are making
 * Through multiple tries, we were able to make the trigger system

Week1 Narrative

 * As we built the structure of the rubberband guns piece by piece, we were struggling with the trigger system. We kept our focus on how to stabilize the rubberband when extended and high tension is built on the rubberband and release it with the trigger manually.
 * I personally built the crossbow to show the different approach and defining of the "RubberBand Gun".

Assign Task2

 * Get ready to present to the class our project
 * Improve on the projects with more identifiable structure (Look more like a RubberBand Gun)
 * Discuss with the group about another improvements we can add or more we can build.

Compare actual work done to Task2

 * I changed the cross bow to a rubberband gun from a slingshot.
 * Presented to the class our project, progress, and our goal.
 * Perfected the single shot firing of a rubber band
 * Added another trigger right behind the trigger for multi-shots
 * Managed to improve the crossbow to shoot 5 rubber bands. The first step being improving to shoot 3 at the same time and manually at different times (The position of the rubber bands differs the number of rubber bands released per trigger).

Week2 Narrative

 * After changing the crossbow into a rubberband gun rather than the slingshot, the improvements were focused on the crossbow which showed more accuracy and power over the pistol we built.

Assign Task3

 * Study the another trigger system and either plan to apply and build upon the current rubber band guns or build the new that can surpass previous models we built
 * Get ready to improve the rubber band gun in stabilizing and aiming.
 * Be ready to build the whole structure for the rubber band pistol and find a way to fire multiple shots towards the direction pointed.

Compare actual work done to Task3
*Advantages: *Crossbow: -Easy and fast reload -multi shots -High accurately -Stable  -powerful than the pistol *Pistol: -Light and can hold in one hand -Strong power *New Rubberband Gun (Rifle): -Stable -Strongest power  -Highest accuracy with sight alignment  -Easy reload *Disadvantages: *Crossbow: -High chance of jamming -Needs correct rubberband placements in order to shoot properly  -fragile wings *Pistol: - Unstable handle -Difficult to reload  -limited to one shot (malfunctions when multiple rubberbands are on and released) *New Design: -fragile structure -Need to lock the gear first in order to reload
 * I tested the guns we built so far to figure out the advantages and disadvantages of each and see if there are any major problems that we need to solve or improve on the guns.
 * These are the advantages and disadvantages of each guns:
 * The current trigger on the crossbow and the pistol has limited improvement on itself. I was able to design and build the new trigger system that managed to take the group to another path to achieving our goal.
 * My group members and I presented our current progress on our projects such as new improvements on crossbow and pistol and even our whole new design.

Week3 Narrative

 * This week I was able to come up with the new design for the rubberband gun. I basically managed to build the new trigger system that the group have thrown away at the very beginning.
 * With this new trigger design, I can work/ build upon this to get close to the goal of making semi automatic rubberband (Shoots one rubber band but multiple of them loaded)
 * This new trigger allows its gun shoot the strongest and most accurate among the designs we made.

Assign Task4

 * Starting from the small pieces of the problems toward the goal, I am going to try to design another new trigger system that is not for the machine or gatling gun, but a automatic pistol.
 * Try to see the limit of the LEGO functions and my designing skills and improve it.
 * Try to find if any, a way to improve other trigger system that is on the crossbow.

Compare actual work done to Task4

 * I managed to reduce the parts and pieces of the rubberband guns.
 * With preserved parts, I added more improvements such as legit gun handle and the trigger that can be easily pulled with a finger.
 * Came up with another idea of trigger system. Similar to the latest one I built but that can control the main gear manually so that multiple rubberbad can loaded and shot per each trigger pulled. This is for the next project which Omair and I will still continue working on rubberband gun.

Week4 Narrative

 * This week I managed to reduce the parts of the guns and balanced and strengthened further so that it is our ultimate piece of the this project.
 * I was also managed to get 3d design software within Google Chrome. The software app is called 3DTin.
 * The reduced pieces and slimmer rubberband gun.jpg
 * The balanced gun.jpg
 * The side view of our rubberband gun.jpg