Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Physics Project Reflection #2

So far, my team, The Junkies (ZoƩ, Yasmine, and I) have built the first hill and the structure supporting it, a loop, and a turn in the track a bit further down. We have spent the majority of our time working on reinforcing the structure supporting our roller coaster so that we do not have problems with it in the future. We have had to reposition some of the main structure supports as we have worked, and now I'm hoping that everything will be stable. We have also spent a lot of time working on the loop after our first hill, because we had too much energy coming off of the hill at first, and it caused the marble to leave the track. I think the most frustrating thing so far has been the loop, because we have spent the most time and done the most trials trying to position it correctly. But, I have loved seeing everyone else's structures begin to be built, and I have also just enjoyed the building. I used to do stuff like this as a kid!