Catapults

Andrew had to design and build a catapult for a cub scout den competetion. Here is his creation. He worked hard on this, first designing it out of K'nex to find what worked, what didn't, then onto making it from wood. Thanks to a little help from Grandpop for the wood, learning to use some of the woodworking tools, and doing the more dangerous cuts for him, he came away with an awesome catapult. At home, Andrew then had to put it together, add the rubberbands and fine tune it to see how many rubber bands would make it go the furthest. He made great progress on his own, then Tim helped him with the finishing touches.

I am not surprised by all of the work and effort Andrew put into it, as that is Andrew and he LOVES to build things, but I am surprised and disappointed at the rest of his den (and the parents). They were told to build this themselves (with some help/guidance as needed) yet it seems only 2 of the 8 cubs actually did. Most bought kits off the internet!

Thankfully Andrew's hard work did him well as he learned a lot AND came in 4th place shooting the paintball (what everyone had to use) 36 feet, 8 inches! Yup better than many of the parent made ones, or internet kits!!! Go Andrew!