Scoop-Doop-Alley-Oop

Blake VaughnSteven Cohen

Riley Exum

Team

Stephen Cohen Riley Exum Blake Vaughn

The goal of this project was to construct a roller coaster within a .5m by .5m by .5 m area.

We went to Lowe’s to buy the tubing and funnels, and we went to Dick’s Sporting Goods to find the ball.

Everything else came from Blake’s house or Estabrook 13.

Introduction

The tube starts very high so the ball can pick up enough speed to make it through the loop.

After the loop, the ball jumps through the air into the funnel that drops it into the pipe.

3 pipes wrap around the box at an angle; the ball drops through the 3 pipes until it reaches the 4th diagonal pipe that drops the ball into a cap.

The Track

The Coaster

Beginning to before loop ◦ PE KE

Bottom of loop to top of loop ◦ KE PE+KE

Top of loop to bottom of loop ◦ KE+PE KE

Bottom of loop to jump ◦ KE KE+PE

Jump ◦ projectile motion

5 Pipes ◦ PE+KE KE

Calculations

We encountered MANY problems while

trying to complete this project◦ The time limit of 15 seconds◦ How to keep the tube at the height we needed◦ The angle the ball jumps into the funnel

Conclusion