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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:H78y2D.LvE@lugnet.com... (...) Build a working LEGO Intamin AG Giant-Drop* for hamsters? Whoever can drop the furthest without killing it wins? Iain * - Drop Zone (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) "Early tests show 25 feet is too far..." :) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) When I was younger (I think Grade 3), I built some really dumb projects. One of them, was a fish feeder. I had surmised that fish would follow something that dispensed food so I built a small 4x4 box out of 4x1 Technic beams and hung it from a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) WOW, thanks steve. you just saved about 14 hamsters. My lego device was going to START at 90 feet, and drop 5' until I got it just right.... now I know to either do a redesign, or start at 20' hummmmm Can we do a CAT game first. I like (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Forget throwing grapes... try tossing cats for distance. Yes, hamsters would fly better, but cats would be more fun. Of course, there may be a problem with them getting up and running away after the toss (before the official measurement) so we (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hmmm... you know how people suggest basic, vanilla line-following as a robotics event? How about offroad line-following? rtlToronto: Steeplechase A simple way to start would involve painting or taping a black line on standard brown corrugated (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) NOW your talking my language!!! maybe we should tip the nails with some sort of instant contact poison?? so that when we use the lego trebuchet it'll be better for the cat landing. (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:H79rJn.H5x@lugnet.com... (...) Technic (...) by (...) later) Feeders were fun. I went so far as to build a control-centre controlled cat-food dispenser - it had a belt I made out of paper (...) (22 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hmmm. Why does this bring the proposed trebuchet(sp?) contest back to mind? Seems to me we left of contemplating a fun, but not too dangerous projectile. Hamster Pros: - hey, they're rodents after all - they're fairly soft (assuming they don't (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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