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Tulsa Engineering Design Competition Event
Project Challenges: Working as a mechanical engineer, copy and paste the goal to your STEM notebook.
Project Challenges: Working as a mechanical engineer, copy and paste the goal to your STEM notebook.
In the next 6 days, we will use various materials to design, build and test a ping-pong ball launcher powered by a common household mousetrap that will propel as many ping-pong balls as possible into a target in two minutes.
The target will be located approximately twelve feet from the launcher (10 feet for 6th grade and under) at the height(s) shown in the attached target schematics. Although launcher weight is not a factor, the launcher must be of sufficient mass to provide stability during launches. Attaching the launcher to the table is prohibited.
Competition:
6th grade and under will consist of three (3) nominal three pound, empty coffee cans (approximate five-inch opening) positioned side-byside in a triangular configuration. The target tables are designed to collect the ping-pong balls with minimal chance of the balls bouncing out of the target.
No part of the launcher or any accessory may at any time be closer than 12 feet horizontally to the target (10 feet for 6th grade and under).
Each team will be allowed 30 seconds to practice. Each team will have two (2) minutes for an unlimited number of launches. Adjustments can be made to the launcher and launch mechanism during the launch period if necessary. However, the clock will not be stopped to accommodate the adjustments. Balls may not be removed from the targets during the launching period.
Points:
Rear Left Target: 20 points
Rear Right Target: 30 points
Front Target: 50 points
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