Lake Orion Pumpkin Launch

Well, we didn't win. We actually came in 3rd. At first glance, it is disappointing but after further reflection, I am actually okay with how things went. That's not to say that the event was a total success, it was. We had 4 teams and the winning distance was 385 I believe.
What I do mean is that even though our machine only worked for a few launches and had to be repaired after all but one or two launches, this wasn't our ultimate goal. Our goal has been to construct Telos. We learned a lot of valuable lessons from this test. Lessons like: "we need a new winch", "the arm saver concept still need some work" and "it's a darn good thing we are doing a hinged instead of a fixed."
The fixed CW concept has proven extremely difficult. We knew it would be a difficult idea but not this difficult. We had some problems dating back to the first construction. The holes in our throwing arm for the axle is just too big. It was originally designed to have sleeves inside to help with the swinging.
Since we have the hard work done for Telos, cutting, drilling, design, we can now hunker down and raise some real cash. That's really all there is left, to raise money.