THE INEFFICIENT ESTABROOK ELEVATOR ESCAPADE Law and Orders

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Law and Orders
THE INEFFICIENT ESTABROOK
ELEVATOR ESCAPADE
The Justice League
 Tristan Crawley, Meghan Mccollum, Aaron Clements
Design and stored energy
Design
Potential energy
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Car
Ball rolls into cup
Cup moves lever up
Lever flips man
Man trips mouse trap
Trap releases yoyo
Yoyo trips trap
Trap pulls lever
Lever pops balloon
Balloon drops weight
 car, ball, lever, yoyo
counterweight
 Spring potential energy
 In both the mouse traps
CONSTRUCTION DIFFICULTIES
 Size constraints
 Procedural adjustments
 Consistency of outcomes
 Car and ball would not stay on track
CONCLUSION
 Our team was challenged to build a machine
that raised a 1 kg mass 1 meter.
 Our initial design did not work but we
managed to work though the difficulties to
achieve success.
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