My Fantastic Contraptions
October 3rd, 2008 | by Jeff Fitzsimons |A collection of solutions for Fantastic Contraption:
My Solutions:
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Tube – a minimal tube crawler.
U-Turn – a floppy, crawling chariot.
U-Turn (again)) – a simple cart which uses leverage to apply force on the ceiling.
Back and Forth – an awful contraption.
Back and Forth – a better version which uses many wheels for low friction, and no bridge.
Higher – a ridiculously simple stick-flicker.
Around the Bend – a tiny triangle that flops to change direction.
Solutions by Others Which I Like:
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Back and Forth – brilliantly simple because of it’s use of rotation reversal.
Four Balls – reciprocating machinery.
Four Balls – multi-stage machinery.
My Experiments:
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Spinner – just a fast-spinning construct.
Glitching Spinner – a spinner experiment that glitches and goes horribly wrong.
Glitching Star – six glitching spinners, all tied together.
Super Glitching Star – a much more rigid version of the glitching star. Explodes into the finish.
Bizarre Spinner – a Mars mission that accelerates bizarrely.