Danny Chmaytelli's PLTW Website
Capstone Project
This is where I will showcase the progress of my capstone project, as well as engineering projects that I am currently working on!
Capstone Project
The Aeries App has a variety of problems; it is slow, crashes regularly, provides wrong calculations for future grades, and annoyingly requires students to re-input their login information. I will work on a better Aeries App that won't have these issues with an added GPA calculator.
JPL Sticky Wicket Invention Challenge
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The goal of the challenge is to design a device that strikes 5 balls into the 5 different wickets, which are like small goals, in 60 seconds. Each ball and each wicket have different point values associated with them, and the team that achieves the most points will win the competition. If there is a tie, the team that completes the challenge more quickly wins.
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Trebuchet
This is a trebuchet I am building in my Novice Engineering Club. It uses four springs to launch a small marble. It has a locking mechanism attached to a bearing. A servo triggers the locking mechanism and releases the throwing arm. I also added an American flag as a random joke :)