User:Minhnguyen/ENES-100/Project 3

Week0 Preferences
''Top choices for project 3

1. EM Drive 2. Rube Goldberg''

Week1 Narrative
''This week we just researched what we would need to complete this project. We need to still figure out how to power the coil gun. We need something with enough power to shoot the projectile and is able to release the all the energy in one pulse.''

My Second Task
After watching all these videos I think we are going to try and acquire a electric stapler and use that to build our coil gun.

Week2 Narrative
''We got an electric stapler and have taken out the outer shell. The very basic components of the stapler are the circuit board, the plug and the coil that comes with the stapler. We got a PVC pipe that fit inside the coil and used that as our barrel. With this very basic set up we were able to shoot metal objects.''

My Third task
''We still need to find out how exactly the circuit board works and what all the components are doing. We also have to get some more PVC pipe to cover up the rest of the coil parts. We want it to make it look better and similar to a real gun.''

Week3 Narrative
''Over the weekend everything was put into the PVC pipes and the trigger mechanism was also changed. The circuit was covered up with electric tape and it looks a lot better because none of the wires or circuit board are showing.''