Showing posts with label Mechanical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mechanical. Show all posts

13 November 2009

LEGO Technic Mechanics

This week we began learning about LEGO construction techniques. Seanna Watson, our resident LEGO expert, showed us a few tips and tricks of LEGO construction and demonstrated how strong and solid a rover can be... and survive the crash of landing on MARS. Our first challenge is to build a dragster. The goal is for the dragster to travel the largest distance in 5 seconds. The idea is to get familiar with the various LEGO parts, how to keep the car light, while picking the right wheel and gear sizes for a peek acceleration. The team leaders, are as usual, available to provide us with assistance and suggestions. Here's Mr. G trying to identify a strange LEGO part.