First Launch

First test today, went interestingly. We delayed until late at night, which turned out to be quite detrimental to the camera quality. Launch site was a baseball diamond, which turned out to be perfect with the backdrop and clear area in front. The pulley system of the webbing turned out to have  ridiculous amounts of friction and the the bridal holding up the arm when it is being cocked traveled down the arm, making it lie at a skew angle. The first throw was with 180 lbs of counterweight, and threw about 70 yards. The second throw hit a protruding bolt on the way down, and threw about 40 yards at a weird angle. Hoping to test it out again before E-days next weekend.