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Drop Tower - Coggle Diagram
Drop Tower
Safe stopping device
Rollercoaster
Driven both horizontally and vertically at times
Slowly Stops
Uses Friction Brakes
Cars
Driven Horizontally
Can stop both slowly and fastly
Uses Hydraulic Brakes
Elevators
Vertically driven
Fast Stop
Uses Friction Brakes
Trains
Slow stopping
Horizontally driven
Uses a shoe Brake
Gondola
uses speed reducing gearing system
driven vertically
Slow stopping
Micro-bit
Bluetooth
Wireless
Clean
less wires
motor board
motors
receiver
servos
Receiver
range
Materials
Plastic
3D printer
Solidworks
Complex parts
Acrylic
Brittle
Colours
Steel
Strong
Hard
Heavy
Hard to work with
Aluminum
easy to work with
low density
Finishes
Polish
Paint
Reflective
Mechanism
Gears and gear trains
Gears cant slip
Not good for high speeds
multiple sizes
Pulley System
bigger weights are easier to lift
Needs large space to increase their mechanical advantage
Scissor lift
Locked in place
moves compressed air from the reservoir to the operating cylinders
Drop Release
Electro Magnet
Can Repel
Can attract
As strong as you want
Power
Battery
9 volts
weight
Motors
dc-motor
brush-dc-motor
brushless-dc-motor