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Rules The rules say that you must have the device carry its power source (i.e.: batteries) What I means is that you can't have a long cord with the batteries on a table below, they must be on the machine.

Thanks I had never really took that into consideration, but that sounds like a great idea. I am just curious as to where you would buy "wind-up springs"?

Sorry Sorry about that, I completely forgot to include my design so far. Also, I am not cheating according to the club rules, I also want this to be a learning experience so I'm not asking for somebody to tell me everything. My design so far is having to small gears on either side of the rope...

Recently I entered a competition to join a club. The task is to make a "thing" that climbs a rope. The rope is about 1/2 a centimeter thick and it is graded on design, speed, and overall in general. I was wondering what might be a good design for this project and what materials I should use? It...