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1. Mr. Potato Gun Silva Ngo
Steve Marsh
Tom Kordel
Aaron Yakligian
Robert Parvis
2. Mission Statement
3. Gantt Chart
4. Gantt Chart
5. Marketing Data Research Interviewed 20 people
Questionnaire
Analyze the data
Compared all the responses
Created an average value
6. Important: combustion, standardization, mechanical assembly, legal to fire
Not Important: Gun-like look and feel, personal assembly of electronics
7. Important: Almost everything we asked
Not Important: low noise levels, large recoil, use of other projectiles
8. Important: price under $50, keep away from youth
Not important: Silencer, Strap
9. Engineering Specs Design Specifications:
Total Length: < 5 ft < 1.5 m
Barrel Length: 48 in 1.2 m
Total Weight: <15 lbs <6.8 kg
Avg. Projectile Weight: 0.22 lb 100 g
Max. Projectile Range: 200 yards 180 m
Max. Seal Pressure: 100 psi 690 kPa
10. Engineering Specs Preliminary Ballistics Calculations:
180 m range for a 100 g projectile requires:
Time of flight of 6 s.
Muzzle velocity of 42 m/s.
Accelerating force of 73.5 N for entire 1.2 m length
Average combustion pressure of 125 kPa
Total Projectile Energy at Muzzle: 88.2 J
11. Conceptual Design
12. Conceptual Design