Balloony comes together

When it came to building balloony we changed plans slightly, we decided to make it out of balsa which is relatively cheap and very light, this way the machine didn't need to much power behind it to make it move. This then allowed us to make a frame structure to dimensions we were happy with.

We also scrapped the idea for the cams as we felt we it we be a little to complex to fit into the design this then accommodating for more pens running through the middle of the square frame.

We wanted to make the machine fun and vibrant which lead to the bright blue, pink, orange and yellow which we found worked well as a colour combination as well as being eye catching.

When it came to building the machine only half of the group turned up which meant 4 of us giving input into the machine rather than 8. However i think this ended working to the advantage of the 4 of us that ended up building it as there was a smaller group to work with which meant a bit more direct action to construct the machine.