Archive by category 'This looks like fun.
Posts under ‘Experiments’
The Hurl – Wiki
Wow! How did I miss The Hurl Wiki when I was researching trebuchets for Jamison’s science project? It has lots of great information and links: videos, simulators, parts, kits, tuning hints, and more. Looks like Jamison and I are going to have more fun this summer building a larger trebuchet. A small FAKA looks interesting. [...]
Tabletop Trebuchet
Jamison and his neighbor friend decided they wanted to make trebuchets for their fifth grade classroom science project. What a great idea! That meant I would get to help. After a bit of searching online, we found some plans for a simple, tabletop trebuchet on hilaroad.com/projects. The plans are perfect for a first build with [...]
Interesting links
Just doing some research… :wink: AdvancedSpuds BB_Auto CatapultKits Foam-Universe Update: Another link: Nerf Mayhem
Nerf guns
I’ve made spud guns, but they can’t be fired in my hometown, at least not legally. These can. :wink: Wikipedia article on Nerf NerfHaven modifications The mother of all dart making tutorials
Dangerously fun
Yeah, dangerous to your time, as you spend too much time reading their blog. Gee, thanks, Rob… ;-)
The motor in action
Here is a short video showing how to assemble and run the motor that Jamison and I made. Troubles seeing video? Watch at YouTube. Links to instructions on building the motor are here.
Success — The electric motor works
As threatened earlier, Jamison and I built an electric motor. We used these plans with great success. Our first attempt electric motor failed because we didn’t have heavy enough magnet wire — 21 gauge works! Now to try one without a permanent magnet…
Science Toys
Looks like Jamison and I will be building an electric motor for a science project.
Coke and Mentos
(Source.) Time for a trip to Freddy’s. Update: I changed the embedded video to just a screen capture. It downloaded and played automatically, sucking bandwidth. Click the picture or link to see the video.
