Down Under? Infinite Boomerang Collab

[JHawk4]

O.k., let's do something never really tried yet... Unpossible Infinite Boomerang! ( )
Try and revive the challenge community here.


Unpossible:
JHawk http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281901 (mac, doesn't work for most)
thik: (&remy/rianbay) http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11321934

Awash:
bsking: (&Jhawk/waffle/harley) http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11325016
JHawk4: (&waffle/harley) http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11289632

Down Under:
Current challenge

[rianbay812]

Boy you've got yourself a challenge... I think you have the right kind of idea.

Maybe some kind of extender powered by a rail rider that can go up and down.
Attach some kind of extender to the rail rider http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11280867
Like this http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11280871 The extender just needs to extend to the right more. paralellograms?
http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11280875 more powah

and here is a good start http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11280877

[lord_hamybal]

http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281140

[*coderedalert*]

I got it closer to the goal http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281324

[ID36]

I think an efficient method would be to make a monorail loop with a powered wheel inside the loop like such:



Of course the goal piece and wheel would need to be tighter together in order to ride the monorail. The illustration was just a rough sketch of the idea.

[*coderedalert*]

But just think about the peice count, would we have enough to make that whole loop?

[ID36]

Yeah, easily. The monorail needn't be 5px length sticks.

[*coderedalert*]

OK, lets do it! Who wants to start :P

[FCBerticus]

If someone manages to do complete ID36's example, they are god *-*

[FCBerticus]

The parts in red need to be raised, obv.

Do you plan on using supports like I have drawn with the yellow?

[Skips]

I made a version of Unpossible with a bigger build area, then we can work backwards, and more easily express ideas:
http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?levelId=570156

EDIT
Possible idea: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281505
Need someone awesome to move it over there and shrink it down etc, but the idea is to use the ledge to transport the ball, rather than sticks.

[FCBerticus]

http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281541
Im an optimist xD

[Skips]

http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281683
It does one rotation, but then it falls out, otherwise it could work!

[JHawk4]

http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281729

Here's something, using the parallel lifter.

Edit: Something bigger on the ledge....
http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281745

Edit2: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281767
Power...


Edit 3: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281821
Victory! No boomerang yet....


Edit 4: Makes 4 rotations guaranteed and hasn't gotten stuck in the 40 min I've been running it...
http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281901

[Skips]

Edit 4: Makes 4 rotations guaranteed and hasn't gotten stuck in the 40 min I've been running it...
http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11281901

This one doesnt solve for me in the first 6000 ticks, when is the first solve supposed to happen?

[JHawk4]

3205t on my Mac.

I've been running it for about an hour and its still not stuck, and it's still solving.

Here is a SS after about an hour.

http://yfrog.com/3zscreenshot20101128at121p

[rianbay812]

3205t on my Mac.

I've been running it for about an hour and its still not stuck, and it's still solving.

How bout you add a wood diverter so that when the ball is close to the build area, it has to go into it.

[JHawk4]

So can anyone do it faster? Or with fewer pieces?

[zedifo]

Yes it works, but I think it is too slow to leave it at that.

Edit: Wins and booms a lot more often
http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11282008

[halfmaster1]

http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=11282009

Thought this would make it faster, but it doesn't work.