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The Amazing Maze. Matt Lane Evan Warner Tyler Bolton Ben Gastineau Chris Sorrells. The Team. Introduction. Goal of our project was to create a rollercoaster-like contraption to move an object from one place to another and take as close to 15 seconds as possible.
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The Amazing Maze Matt Lane Evan Warner Tyler Bolton Ben Gastineau Chris Sorrells
Introduction Goal of our project was to create a rollercoaster-like contraption to move an object from one place to another and take as close to 15 seconds as possible. Materials used that were not purchased would be plain paper, scotch tape, and wood screws. Only purchased material was two types of plywood and a piece of compressed wood. Total cost was around 10 dollars.
Overview Our rollercoaster is a shallow box that stands nearly vertical and has sloped shelves that the ball rolls on. The ball is dropped through a hole at the top of the box, then rolls down the shelf where it drops to a different shelf below it that is sloped downward in the opposite direction. After rolling down seven shelves, the ball is stopped by a wad of gum to create a perfectly in-elastic collision which stops the ball.
Conclusion Total build time for our project was around 6 hours. The majority of this time was building and testing. The rest was planning the building of our rollercoaster, creating our presentation and writing our report. Problems we had were: - Faults in the wood created problems for us resulting in the need for slight modifications. - A level surface was required in order for our rollercoaster to run correctly.
Energy Conversions Ball – Starts out at gravitational potential energy and then goes to kinetic energy.
