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Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! Austin #24370 08/29/08 10:47 AM
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Austin Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,840 North Texas	Some of the other solutions are pretty neat. I don't see any that use bogy wheels.

Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! Austin #24372 08/29/08 11:16 AM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest Kriston OP Member
OP Kriston Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest	Thats the same idea I'm going for, but I can't quite seem to get it to work. I get three balls in and the 4th stops on the hill at the end without going in the goal pit. So frustrating! <later...> Finally got it! I think it's kind of a funny design. But it did finally work for me. Whew! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1050632 P.S. Please note what I named it. Kriston

Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! Kriston #24389 08/29/08 01:20 PM
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JBDad Member Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 639 Phila 'burbs	Oh. Didn't think about tying the wheels together off center for this one. That probably would have fixed some of my earlier prototypes that tended to get stuck... JB

Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! JBDad #24390 08/29/08 01:23 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest Kriston OP Member
OP Kriston Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest	Meh. I don't think it really helped me any. That was mostly a ghost from a past incarnation of the thing. Kriston

Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! Kriston #24485 08/30/08 04:22 PM
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JBDad Member Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 639 Phila 'burbs	Took me forever... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1106893 DS loves this game too...

Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! JBDad #24487 08/30/08 04:42 PM
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OP Kriston Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest	Oh, I kind of wish I hadn't looked. That's the one I'm on now! Still, great design! My DS loves this site, too. He said, "It's fun, AND it's science! Cool!" I'm thinking of working it into our homeschool curriculum by assigning him certain parameters to the ones he's already solved in other ways--like "You must use a ramp for this one" or something like that. Kriston

Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! Kriston #24491 08/30/08 05:44 PM
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JBDad Member Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 639 Phila 'burbs	Sorry! I should have named the level! JB

Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! JBDad #24494 08/30/08 06:08 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest Kriston OP Member
OP Kriston Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 6,145 Midwest	That's okay. I know the excitement of finally solving the one you've been slaving over and needing to share it. I'm probably just jealous. Kriston

Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! Kriston #24610 09/01/08 04:42 PM
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JBDad Member Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 639 Phila 'burbs	lesson learned... My awash solution which took me forever and isn't pretty. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1190030 DS's first day of school is tomorrow ... How they grow! JB

Re: Great site for engineering/physics fun! JBDad #24633 09/01/08 07:56 PM
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Austin Member Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,840 North Texas	Lowlyworm! http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1196585

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