Thanks for the tips! Our machine is working much better now. Here is an update of the design:
http://www.geocities.com/agent_js03/drawing2.JPG
Me and my partner are rejoicing now. We can lift 1 kg 0.5 meters in 60 seconds, which is sure to give us an A. We're ready for anything Mr. M and...
Our limitations are that there can be no outside power source but that one hairdryer, the Uber physics hairdryer of pwn. No other hairdryers are allowed. I can use any simple machines I want to facilitate the movement. Using four pulleys was my partner's idea. He thought that the more pulleys we...
Physics project - need help!
I am building a physics machine that is supposed to use a hairdryer (Not sure what the Newton force of the hairdryer is) but it lifts 1 kg a certain distance in a certain length of time. You can do it in portions, like .5 kg once and then another .5 again. So far...