By: Dallas Smith
Thad Cole
Mathew Rayburn
From left to right: Thad Cole, Mathew Rayburn,
& Dallas Smith
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Ball Bearing
Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy
 Conservation of Momentum
 Projectile Motion
 Linear kinetic energy to Rotational Energy and Back
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Mouse Trap
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Elastic Potential Energy to Rotational Kinetic Energy
Rubber Band
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Elastic Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy
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Initially the ball gets rolling. It rolls through
each section of pipe, then drops onto the next
pipe.
Step 1
•The ball drops out
of the last pipe,
bounces off the
block of wood, and
lands in the cup of
the balanced seesaw.
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The see-saw then rotates downward, and
throws the ball into the funnel.
Step 3
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Finally, the ball drops out of the funnel onto a
mouse trap. The mouse trap then pulls two
pins out of a pipe. One pin releases another
ball which triggers the next group. The other
pin releases the flag, which is propelled
upward by a stretched rubber band.
Step 4
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Building the Flagomatic took about 12 hours
and more time was spent in planning and
reports.
We encountered some problems including:
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Construction of the frame
Getting the ball bearing to bounce into the rotating
arm.
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