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New page: [http://www.idodi.org/ Destination Imagination Web site]

New page

[http://www.idodi.org/ Destination Imagination Web site]

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	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSTTqXYNJnU		http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSTTqXYNJnU
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		+	send it to
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		+	Piff Vigil
		+	1925 Kings Royal Blvd
		+	Unit T
		+	Pueblo, CO, 81005

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	The next step will be to try a catapult engine. This will use a spring to throw a heavy mass off the car. Conservation of momentum (recoil) will propel the car in the opposite direction.		The next step will be to try a catapult engine. This will use a spring to throw a heavy mass off the car. Conservation of momentum (recoil) will propel the car in the opposite direction.
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		+	=Version 2=
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		+	A catapult engine was built in place of the PVC pipe engine. The video below shows how the car moves. Probably no distance record.
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		+	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSTTqXYNJnU

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 The air pressure engine is too heavy and fails to propel the car below.
-The current car without the air pressure stack is shown below
+The current car without the air pressure stack is shown below (click the picture to enlarge it)
-[[Image:DI_V1_Car_2-7-09.jpg]]
+[[Image:DI_V1_Car_2-7-09.jpg | 200 px]]
 The next step will be to try a catapult engine.  This will use a spring to throw a heavy mass off the car.  Conservation of momentum (recoil) will propel the car in the opposite direction.

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 The air pressure engine is too heavy and fails to propel the car below.
-The current card without the air pressure stack is shown below
+The current car without the air pressure stack is shown below
 [[Image:DI_V1_Car_2-7-09.jpg]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:59, 7 February 2009
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	dried beans or peas in plastic container, this could be the plunger for the air tube.		dried beans or peas in plastic container, this could be the plunger for the air tube.
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		+	=Version 1=
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		+	The air pressure engine is too heavy and fails to propel the car below.
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		+	The current card without the air pressure stack is shown below
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		+	[[Image:DI_V1_Car_2-7-09.jpg]]

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 a plastic bag filled with beans can be used as a plunger to push the air out of the PVC pip
-you need to fit something into one end of the pipe in order to increase the air flow for thrust
+you need to fit something into one end of the pipe in order to increase the air flow for thrust.  Use grey tape to attach a straw tube into one end
 wheels may be a problem, perhaps we can use skids

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	[http://www.idodi.org/ Destination Imagination Web site]		[http://www.idodi.org/ Destination Imagination Web site]

		+	Use the Silk milk carton for the body of the car
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		+	attach the dowel rods to the carton using washers
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		+	cut the PVC pipe to 2 foot lengths, use and elbow to connect 2 at 90 degrees
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		+	a plastic bag filled with beans can be used as a plunger to push the air out of the PVC pip
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		+	you need to fit something into one end of the pipe in order to increase the air flow for thrust
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		+	wheels may be a problem, perhaps we can use skids

	Materials list		Materials list

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	[http://www.idodi.org/ Destination Imagination Web site]		[http://www.idodi.org/ Destination Imagination Web site]
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		+	Materials list
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		+	Springs, Elastic hair bands, PVC pipes, Mylar Baloon, dowel rods, paper or plastic cups, no styrofoam, washers ?(metal or plastic)clothespins, adhesive tape, aluminum foil, spool of thread, with or without thread, bottle caps,
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		+	dried beans or peas in plastic container, this could be the plunger for the air tube.