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    #11
    Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
    ah, I'm stuck on that too. Tried the wedge first but couldn't get enough thrust. Then tried a kind of hopping sand-buggy to hop over it, but that couldn't get its back 'leg' over. I'll try the wedge again.
    I climbed over the top and then moved the ball back.....easy peasy!!!
    "If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"

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      #12
      Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
      ah, I'm stuck on that too. Tried the wedge first but couldn't get enough thrust. Then tried a kind of hopping sand-buggy to hop over it, but that couldn't get its back 'leg' over. I'll try the wedge again.
      edit: must not spend a second day doing nothing but this!
      Last edited by Spacecadet; 4 August 2008, 09:13.
      Coffee's for closers

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        #13
        Wedge works. Just stick a counterclockswise rotating wheel at the front to life the ball up and you sorted.

        Has anyone cracked "Handling" yet?
        "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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          #14
          Originally posted by DaveB View Post
          Wedge works. Just stick a counterclockswise rotating wheel at the front to life the ball up and you sorted.

          Has anyone cracked "Handling" yet?
          Yep, done that one...
          "If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"

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            #15
            Originally posted by daviejones View Post
            Yep, done that one...
            Gis a hint then?
            "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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              #16
              Originally posted by DaveB View Post
              Gis a hint then?
              I did it quite similar to this but kind of rolled the thing end over end...it took me bleedin ages though...

              I am stuck on some other ones that I just cannot get my mind around though...
              "If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"

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                #17
                Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
                ah, I'm stuck on that too. Tried the wedge first but couldn't get enough thrust. Then tried a kind of hopping sand-buggy to hop over it, but that couldn't get its back 'leg' over. I'll try the wedge again.
                Check this out: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=215532

                Made me laugh anyway.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                  Check this out: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=215532

                  Made me laugh anyway.

                  But this variant of it works: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=215687

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by daviejones View Post
                    I did it quite similar to this but kind of rolled the thing end over end...it took me bleedin ages though...

                    I am stuck on some other ones that I just cannot get my mind around though...
                    Wow, nice.

                    Here's a simpler design, but it could do with prettifying.

                    http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=216219

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                      Wow, nice.

                      Here's a simpler design, but it could do with prettifying.

                      http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=216219
                      I didn't realise I had to save each one once i had done them so now i cannot lookat all the ones I have done...
                      "If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"

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