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Hi ATOT!
It's been about 6 months since I declared a "1 week break" from the weekly engineering challenge.
The old thread with past challenges and winners
Time to start it up again!
After consulting with HomeBrewerDude at the office today, the theme will be "Paper Airplanes"
Week 4 Engineering Category - "best" flying machine (Presented by YOyoYOhowsDAjello)
Materials:
One 8.5" x 11" piece of paper (I'm not specifying paper weight... use what you want)
Two #1 smooth paper clips (optional) (I'm hoping this is a standard type... if not, just use some that are about 1.25" long)
Goal:
Built the "best" flying machine out of those materials.
Due to the difficulty in providing a standard way of measuring performance, I'm leaving this intentionally vague in the hopes that ATOT's creative minds will come up with compelling arguments as to why their machine has the "best" performance.
Does it have an impressive flight time? Does it fly very far? Does it spiral well? You come up with the criteria. Maybe in a subsequent challenge we can pick a particular standard measure.
Rules:
Your flying machine can consist of only the materials above (a single sheet of 8.5" x 11" paper, two #1 smooth paper clips).
You may cut / split / modify those materials, but the final machine can only consist of those original materials.
You do not need to use the full piece of paper, or any paperclips.
You may "launch" your flying machine with the method of your choice. It does not need to be a hand launch.
To submit:
You must provide a VIDEO of a complete flight of your flying machine from launch to landing.
You must provide AT LEAST 3 PICTURES of your flying machine from different angles so we can observe its construction.
You must provide a Written or Video explanation of your design and an argument for why it is the "best" flying machine.
How will a winner be determined?
If there are 10 or less participants, I will make a new thread where we can vote on the winner with a vbulletin poll. If there are more than 10 participants, the new thread will not include a poll, and voters will just vote by "write-in" for the submitters.
Contest is over, Poll results here
Week 4 Creative Category - "most creative" flying machine (Presented by YOyoYOhowsDAjello)
Materials:
One 8.5" x 11" piece of paper (I'm not specifying paper weight... use what you want)
Two #1 smooth paper clips (optional) (I'm hoping this is a standard type... if not, just use some that are about 1.25" long)
Whatever other decorative / construction materials you want.
Goal:
Build something that can "fly" that is totally awesome.
You are encouraged to decorate to your heart's content.
Create a flying machine that will appeal to the voters of ATOT, who will decide your fate.
Rules:
The spirit of this competition is to have a creative version of the paper flight theme.
Your contraption should contain the paper as a building material, but feel free to go nuts on this. Add in whatever other decoration materials you desire.
In your video, your contraption should have some sort of characteristics that resemble "flight". Maybe it's just a parachute or something... I don't know. Just make if float or glide a bit or something...
To submit:
You must provide a VIDEO of a complete flight of your flying machine from launch to landing.
You must provide AT LEAST 3 PICTURES of your flying machine from different angles so we can observe its construction.
You must provide a Written or Video explanation of your design and an argument for why it is the "most creative" flying machine.
How will a winner be determined?
If there are 10 or less participants, I will make a new thread where we can vote on the winner with a vbulletin poll. If there are more than 10 participants, the new thread will not include a poll, and voters will just vote by "write-in" for the submitters.
Contest is over, Poll results here
Timeline for both competitions:
Start time: Tuesday 1pm February 9th, 2010 (Central Time)
Polls will be posted: Sunday February 21st, 2010 (some time during the day... submit your entry by noon central time)
(You have about 2 weeks to make your entries for this "Week 4" competition... since you had no warning on this one)
Winners will be declared: Tuesday 1pm February 23rd, 2010 (Central Time)
EDIT: Polls close 2:45pm instead of 1pm.
Other information:
What do I win?
You mean recognition and pride from this isn't enough? Maybe I'll think of something better, but I'll plan on sending out an "official ATOT challenge winner" certificate by e-mail or actual mail (if you send me your address) to weekly winners.
You also win the honor of picking next week's challenge!
(If you win, PM me the details for the next challenge and I'll set it up)
If you decline this honor, I'll pick another lame idea.
Any questions? Post here!
It's been about 6 months since I declared a "1 week break" from the weekly engineering challenge.
The old thread with past challenges and winners
Time to start it up again!
After consulting with HomeBrewerDude at the office today, the theme will be "Paper Airplanes"
Week 4 Engineering Category - "best" flying machine (Presented by YOyoYOhowsDAjello)
Materials:
One 8.5" x 11" piece of paper (I'm not specifying paper weight... use what you want)
Two #1 smooth paper clips (optional) (I'm hoping this is a standard type... if not, just use some that are about 1.25" long)
Goal:
Built the "best" flying machine out of those materials.
Due to the difficulty in providing a standard way of measuring performance, I'm leaving this intentionally vague in the hopes that ATOT's creative minds will come up with compelling arguments as to why their machine has the "best" performance.
Does it have an impressive flight time? Does it fly very far? Does it spiral well? You come up with the criteria. Maybe in a subsequent challenge we can pick a particular standard measure.
Rules:
Your flying machine can consist of only the materials above (a single sheet of 8.5" x 11" paper, two #1 smooth paper clips).
You may cut / split / modify those materials, but the final machine can only consist of those original materials.
You do not need to use the full piece of paper, or any paperclips.
You may "launch" your flying machine with the method of your choice. It does not need to be a hand launch.
To submit:
You must provide a VIDEO of a complete flight of your flying machine from launch to landing.
You must provide AT LEAST 3 PICTURES of your flying machine from different angles so we can observe its construction.
You must provide a Written or Video explanation of your design and an argument for why it is the "best" flying machine.
How will a winner be determined?
If there are 10 or less participants, I will make a new thread where we can vote on the winner with a vbulletin poll. If there are more than 10 participants, the new thread will not include a poll, and voters will just vote by "write-in" for the submitters.
Contest is over, Poll results here
Week 4 Creative Category - "most creative" flying machine (Presented by YOyoYOhowsDAjello)
Materials:
One 8.5" x 11" piece of paper (I'm not specifying paper weight... use what you want)
Two #1 smooth paper clips (optional) (I'm hoping this is a standard type... if not, just use some that are about 1.25" long)
Whatever other decorative / construction materials you want.
Goal:
Build something that can "fly" that is totally awesome.
You are encouraged to decorate to your heart's content.
Create a flying machine that will appeal to the voters of ATOT, who will decide your fate.
Rules:
The spirit of this competition is to have a creative version of the paper flight theme.
Your contraption should contain the paper as a building material, but feel free to go nuts on this. Add in whatever other decoration materials you desire.
In your video, your contraption should have some sort of characteristics that resemble "flight". Maybe it's just a parachute or something... I don't know. Just make if float or glide a bit or something...
To submit:
You must provide a VIDEO of a complete flight of your flying machine from launch to landing.
You must provide AT LEAST 3 PICTURES of your flying machine from different angles so we can observe its construction.
You must provide a Written or Video explanation of your design and an argument for why it is the "most creative" flying machine.
How will a winner be determined?
If there are 10 or less participants, I will make a new thread where we can vote on the winner with a vbulletin poll. If there are more than 10 participants, the new thread will not include a poll, and voters will just vote by "write-in" for the submitters.
Contest is over, Poll results here
Timeline for both competitions:
Start time: Tuesday 1pm February 9th, 2010 (Central Time)
Polls will be posted: Sunday February 21st, 2010 (some time during the day... submit your entry by noon central time)
(You have about 2 weeks to make your entries for this "Week 4" competition... since you had no warning on this one)
Winners will be declared: Tuesday 1pm February 23rd, 2010 (Central Time)
EDIT: Polls close 2:45pm instead of 1pm.
Other information:
What do I win?
You mean recognition and pride from this isn't enough? Maybe I'll think of something better, but I'll plan on sending out an "official ATOT challenge winner" certificate by e-mail or actual mail (if you send me your address) to weekly winners.
You also win the honor of picking next week's challenge!
(If you win, PM me the details for the next challenge and I'll set it up)
If you decline this honor, I'll pick another lame idea.
Any questions? Post here!
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