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Wind-Up Tabletop Spinner

Wind-Up Tabletop Spinner
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Only until recently, the NWR Robot Contest made nonelectrical entries valid. For my entry, I created a type of toy using a mechanical motor. It's made to spin, but it can also jump around occasionally.


I am entering for the 13-18 category.
 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
The following will be required:

- 1 toy car (use cars from Happy Meals that move by pulling it back
- 1screwdriver (standard head, but one that works on triangle heads is preferred)
- 2 Lego tires (size shown)
- 2 Lego spinning rotors

These pieces will be needed depending on how you build the toy:

- 8 (1x2) Lego blocks
- 4 (1x2) Lego flat panels
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Jan 18, 2012. 4:21 PMfamousguy says:
That is very nice.
If more weight
is slower half
of one will be
faster.

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