The Fling machine project was the first project that introduced a statistical element. My group tested our machine 30 times and got a mean distance of 92.39 in. and a standard deviation of 36.23. Our histogram was somewhat bell shaped so we could see that it was most likely normally distributed. The group that I was in was completely new to me, but that did not stop us from completing the design process to the best of our ability. We brainstormed good ideas and did not get hooked on one till we were completely decided on using it. In the end our design got the furthest fling, at 180.25 in.
(Pictures of final design not available)
Engineering Notebook:
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