Awesome performance! Although not as good as we had hoped. We calculated our theoretical range to be a whopping 813 meters! Now, compared to our actual average of 30.41 meters...
Five reasons we believe our trebuchet did not achieve our theoretical range are:
1) 813 meters seems a little ridiculous
2) Our angle of release probably wasn't exactly perfect
3) Air resistance on the throwing arm and counterweight
4) The design of the trebuchet should have been narrower and taller, as opposed to wider and shorter, allowing for a longer throwing arm
5) Gravity on the tennis ball when it flew
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