Anyways, last time I DID use notepad, but since it was destroyed by another person it didn't help. I also never found the shift key. But whatever. Third try...
Action 12You hurry home, your mind racing with ideas during the walk, piecing things together and coming up with possibilities. You're going to make something... something useful. Something to... Urgh, this bag is so heavy with all this crap in it. If only you had something to... Yes! You'll build something to carry things around for you!
Getting home, you pull out your laptop, hook it up to the Designix device, and begin designing. You also remember the remote control you shoved in the back of one of your drawers and pull it out. But, back to planning, first, you'll need some sort of chassis...
New Schematic Invented!Medium FrameSmall Metal Sheet [x2] OR Plywood Sheet
Screws or Nails
2x4 [x2] or Small Pipe Section [x4]
Then, of course, you'll have to turn it into something that can move around... You dig out the remote controls for your RC motors, and look at them. They aren't very strong... but if you use both, you should get enough power for now.
New Schematic Invented!Medium RC RollerMedium Frame [Chassis]
RC Motor [x2] [Engine]
Small Pipe Section [x2] [Axles]
Small Wheels [x4] [Wheels]
Nails and Screws
Wires [x2]
Duct Tape [x1]
And then, if we add some sort of platform on top, which should be fairly straightforward.
New Modification Invented!Platform ModificationPlywood Sheet [1/2] or Small Metal Sheet
Nails and Screws
Time Constraints:
1.5 Months - Science competition
3 Months - Return of Cousin
Known Locations:
Cousin Caroline's Basement
Coffee Shop
Scrapyard
Scrapyard Warehouses
Wearing:
Casual Clothing of NORMALCY!
White Lab Coat of SCIENCE!
Glasses to correct your POOR VISION!
Yellow Dishwashing gloves of SCIENCE!
Comfortable Shoes of SCIENCE!
Regular Clothes (under Lab Coat)
Inventory:
2 Reference Books
--Chemistry
--Physics
Letter addressed to one Dr. Donlan
Devices:
Design and Machining device
Tools:
Cheap Netbook
Metal Saw, Wood Saw
Drill with an assortment of bits
Hammer
Dwemel
Sledgehammer
Soldering Gun
Fire Extinguisher
Assorted wrenches/screwdrivers/pliers/wirecutters
Some other tools you forgot about in the back of your drawers
Smoke Detector
Large Table
Workbench
Remote Control
Parts:
Small Sheet Metal (x3)
2x4 (x4)
Large Plywood Sheet (x2)
Screws and Nails (Many)
Solder (x10)
Circuit Board (x2)
RC Motor (x2)
Magnetron
High Voltage Power Transformer
Small Motor
Small Wheels (x8)
Large Plastic Tarp (x1)
Various Wires (x10)
Duck Tape (x30)
Rope, 25ft (x2)
Various Wires x11
Circuitry x4
Spigot x1
Small Pipe section x 3
Small Plastic Tubing x 3
Chemicals:None
Minions: None
Knowledge:
Primary Passion: Programming! Level 3
Secondary Passion: Engineering! Level 2
Specialty: KillBotics (+1 effective level)
Other Disciplines: None
Gained Knowledge: None
Negligible Fame
Mild Megalomania
Medium Frame
Small Metal Sheet [x2] OR Plywood Sheet
Screws or Nails
2x4 [x2] or Small Pipe Section [x4]
Medium RC Roller
Medium Frame [Chassis]
RC Motor [x2] [Engine]
Small Pipe Section [x2] [Axles]
Small Wheels [x4] [Wheels]
Nails and Screws
Wires [x2]
Duct Tape [x1]
Platform Modification
Plywood Sheet [1/2] or Small Metal Sheet
Nails and Screws
So, you've got a working design, but were there any sort of additional modifications you wanted to make before piecing it together?
The bot is a bit unstable with just those 4 small wheels and that platform on top of it, and the platform is currently about 2 feet above the ground, meaning you'll have to bend down to get stuff. Perhaps there's something you could to do strengthen the motors, since right now its max speed would only be a couple miles per hour even without stuff on it. Also, you currently have to control it manually via the remote (at least you hooked the two motors together, so you only need to use one). Maybe you should spend some time trying to make it autonomous? Of course, then you'd have to figure out what sort of programming to give it - you don't want it rolling people over (without your permission, anyways) or knocking stuff over, and it doesn't have any sort of sensors yet.
Well, when you think you're ready inventing, just
CONFIRM to start constructing the bot.
TIME:
4:30pm