Football Design Report

The task was to either move the object up and over to a platform with and X as the target point the other alternative was to launch the ball through a goal post 2-3 feet tall. These tasks had to be completed with minimal human interaction. Our group chose the launching the ball through the uprights because it matched with our interest of sports as the analogy of it being like a PAT in football.This machine had complete the task of Does it launch into the desired area? For our design the tennis ball hook had a hard time releasing the string attached to the motors. This flaw in our design affected how the ball was launched if it did let go then typically another failure would occur where the ball would catch and flip over causing the wooden ball inside would go no where. Now with human interaction …show more content…
Above is an image of a field goal on a football field and a kicker kicking the football with two different trajectories.
In Figure 3 the image shows the distance height and destination of the ball through it’s journey this is very similar to our design as our ball would travel a similar path the ball would when the kicker kicks the ball. Although the ball is not hit in this case (it is launched) the distance and height traveled is relatively the same. Now in a standard football game situation many factors go into the ball through the uprights. Several obvious factors are the wind, the distance, the power of the kicker, and the experience of the kicker. To apply these aspects to our test it would be like, the wind would be the controlled classroom so no effect on the machine, the distance would be determined by the instructor (wasn't decided before hand), the power of the machine is determined by when the string lets go of the tennis ball hook, and the experience of our kicker is technically rookie so it is not expected to work perfectly but still needs to function properly. Below in figure 4 the dot graph shows how several different factors can affect the