Dodgers (Group X) Reflection #1

Dodgers (Group X) Reflection #1 

We are considering the price of materials and are using the most efficient and least expensive items to build our tower. We planned to use the elbows and pipes to hold our tower up. And we also planned to put water in the sheet metal. Later, we realized that the water may shake our tower. We also found out we can use the 3D printer to make our box instead of using the sheet metal. It is more efficient then the sheet metal and costs much less.  By making some mistakes early on, our group was able to discover what worked better for our tower design. We want to keep testing our ideas until we feel that our final design is ready to be built. That day will hopefully be this Friday. We don't want the water to stay on one side of the box, but to flow WITH the tower when it shakes. The pipes are sturdy enough on their own, but we need the top to stay in place. That is where the water comes in. The water will have enough weight to keep the tower from toppling over. In the human body, if you have a strong core then you will remain balanced. The same thing works for a tower. If the center of a tower is balanced, then it will remain upright. That is one of our goals. Our second goal is to make the tower survive all of the different sized Earthquakes. Our third and primary goal is to get as many points as possible. We are going to value and consider everyone's ideas. If we do this, we will hopefully get a good grade on the rubric.