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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    Last edited by =DdogG=; 09-07-2008 at 02:29 AM.
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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    Quote Originally Posted by =DdogG= View Post
    You can take out one of the four connections between the two wheels and it will still work.

    edit: erm, at least I got it to do that once. I can't seem to be able to do it again.

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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    I had the same problem. It is not stable unless all four are there.

    I played with less connectors / shorter arm and tail.... I think I can get it to 13 or 12 with enough time.

    edit: unposimple: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1410538 (12)

    edit 2: unpossible http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1411140 (11)
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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    wow.. impressive. updated list:


    * Rolling Away: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1307227 (0) (Whiskey)
    * Reach Up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1307295 (2) (Whiskey)
    * Mind the Gap: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1307418 (2) (Whiskey)
    * Junkyard: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1433182 (3) (Sordavie)
    * The Wall: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1325204 (2) (Sordavie)
    * On a Roll: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1308949 (2) (Whiskey)
    * Full Up: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1319984 (3) (=DdogG=)
    * Full Up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1309173 (4) (Whiskey)
    * Higher: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1309319 (3) (Whiskey)
    * Around the Bend: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1309351 (1) (Whiskey)
    * Up the Hump: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1309374 (3) (Whiskey)
    * Mission to Mars: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1324839 (1) (Sordavie)
    * Up the Stairs: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1310908 (4) (Whiskey)
    * Big Ball: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1311009 (5) (Ferris)
    * Four Balls: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1329338 (6) (=DdogG=)
    * Down Under: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1311576 (5) (Whiskey)
    * Awash: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1386062 (7) (Sordavie)
    * Handling: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1325148 (6) (=DdogG=)
    * Tube: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1320307 (3) (=DdogG=)
    * Back and Forth: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1311859 (6) (Whiskey)
    * Unpossible http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1411140 (11) (=DdogG=)
    * U-Turn: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1311920 (5) (Whiskey)

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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    Continuing to take credit for lame tweaks:
    * Unpossible: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1444574 (10)
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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    Quote Originally Posted by Iamthefallen View Post
    Continuing to take credit for lame tweaks:
    * Unpossible: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1444574 (10)
    * Unpossible: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1444858 (9)

    me too.

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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    I think it's doable in 7 with some patience and luck.
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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    Quote Originally Posted by Iamthefallen View Post
    I think it's doable in 7 with some patience and luck.
    got a WIP?

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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    Managed to delete it, but recreated the basic design:
    http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1447278

    I've gotten it pretty close by landing on the ball and balancing as it rolls, to where it reaches the far edge but didn't quite fall off right. It's mostly a matter of tweaking the lengths/positions of everything until it works.

    Edit: By shortening the right leg and having it brace against the wall I got some more torque in the throw.
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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    Quote Originally Posted by Iamthefallen View Post
    Managed to delete it, but recreated the basic design:
    http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1447278

    I've gotten it pretty close by landing on the ball and balancing as it rolls, to where it reaches the far edge but didn't quite fall off right. It's mostly a matter of tweaking the lengths/positions of everything until it works.

    Edit: By shortening the right leg and having it brace against the wall I got some more torque in the throw.

    I had a design like that too, which could get it over the edge with a sufficiently short tail (like the one you have here). I had a longer throwing arm. And my wheel was set a bit lower, so that it had a better angle to throw. But the tail isn't long enough to get it to swing in after it falls over. The weight of a longer tail seems to make it impossible for one wheel to throw it far enough.

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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    Quote Originally Posted by sordavie View Post
    The weight of a longer tail seems to make it impossible for one wheel to throw it far enough.
    That's what I was finding too - but I was thinking... if the bottom of the 'stilt' is over to the left, the wheel would fall forward.... maybe it would then only have to throw it upwards? (the forward momentum of the wheel would be enough for it to reach the edge)? kinda like in the long jump, my track coach just told us to jump 'up'...

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    Re: Fantastic Contraption

    I think it's doable, the trick is to get it to land and balance on the wheel with the first tail basically upright and the second hanging free, I got it to roll all the way to the edge, but the second piece didn't fall down in time to swing it into the goal.
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