6 Foot Crossbow?
Two months, seventy-nine days, sun and fun gone in a flash. I will give you a peek into my joyous summer. We start with a 10 hour drive from my home to peaceful Prince George with me and my cousin doing cabin things.
This trip was highlighted by the creation of a six foot crossbow. Yes a six foot crossbow! To create the machine we used an industrial rubber band as my power. We used 2×4’s to create the cross and drilled it all together with screws. The most tricky part of creation was the launch mechanism which we ended up using a bent nail to catch the string. Which we then spun around to release the string and fire the machine.
We did multiple attempts trying to launch the arrow as far as possible.
We where able to get it to fire to around the yellow slide.
Had some fun with it too and tried to launch a golf ball. I had the idea because my grandfathers good friend would hit golf balls off the deck almost across the lake. His name was Bryan so that’s who I named the machine after.
First attempt was a major fail but, we improved our design.
Our project turned out well but, this wasn’t a problem free creation. We had a rubber band break on me so we had to use different size rubber bands which made the arrow fire slightly to the left. We hope to improve on my creation next year by buying the same size rubber bands and making the entire thing bigger. 10ft?Also We need to enhance the arrow, it was light so it lost velocity quickly I will need to add a metal tip to the arrow next year.
Now this was just a peek into the keyhole of my summer where I also played basketball went to L.A, Hornby Island and Thetis Island. My summer is now over but I didn’t regret one moment.