Change of Plans!

Due to the complexity of both building and programming a coil gun, we have decided to rethink our overall design, shifting our focus away from using electromagnetism to launch our projectiles to using air pressure. By creating a pressure tank and controlling the release of air using a sprinkler valve connected to an Arduino board, we hope to be able to successfully send our sweets flying.

Below is a rough sketch of what our pneumatic cannon will look like:

We hope to have all the supplies purchased and the cannon built by Tuesday, November 11 so we can start working on the remote controlled pan and tilt function on the cannon!