All water rods (All finished!!!)

[rabid squirrel]

NOTE: all of these are out of date (well, almost all) - go to the Simplest Badge Records thread for far better solves: http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/for ... f=5&t=1164 Feel free to continue posting ingenious/funny designs here, but look there before trying to do simplest. Thanks (this was last updated from there April 09)

UPDATE: Thanks to Sumaleth's insane awesomeness, everything is done! Now we can work on lowering piece counts and making Boomerangs, Cleans, and Champions. (for more information, look at the Simplest Badge Records thread, at the top for Badge clarification)

----- updated 11/26/10 (everything except pilots) -----

Thought this was something with more of a challenge than the anti-wheel league. It's impossible to do some of them (4 balls (it looks as if 4 balls is possible), Back and Forth), but it's pretty fun. We can try to get the lowest number of pieces possible, and try to do champions as well. I'll update this when I can. (I made the easiest one to start off xD)

01. Rolling Away - (clean) 0 piece - obvious
- Champion 1 piece - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1298746 - rabid squirrel
- Boomerang 5 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=5559937 - azraelite
02. Reach Up - 1 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1348527 - NightStryke
- Clean 3 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=3557793 - rabid squirrel (& MrZNF/Skips/stront)
- Champion 4 piece - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=3556413 - rabid squirrel
- Boomerang 4 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1777008 - flagitious
03. Mind the Gap - Champion 2 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1413474 - ipe303 (& ironmano)
- Boomerang 9 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=5871873 - DMarden117 (& MrZNF)
- Clean 3 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=7090345 - redreoicy (& Skips/rabid squirrel)
- Infinite Boomerang 7 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8379977 - WizBang
04. Junkyard - 12 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8779496 - WizBang
- Clean 102 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8733002 - redreoicy
05. The Wall - Champion 10 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8688868 - redreoicy
06. On a Roll - 1 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1304961 - timewarp
- Clean 2 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4771256 - Skips
- Champion 3 piece - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1365701 - ironmano (& rabid squirrel)
- Clean Sweep 3 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4771217 - Skips
- Boomerang 4 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=2749156 - mtdewd
- Unconnected 11 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9241799 - Linkzcap (& WizBang/redreoicy)
07. Full-Up - Champion 3 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=6939279 - redreoicy
- Clean 5 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8985980 - redreoicy
08. Higher - Champion 3 piece - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1365434 - rabid squirrel
- Boomerang 3 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4650976 - Skips
- Clean 3 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=7772084 - WizBang (& Skips)
- Infinite Boomerang 4 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8190716 - WizBang (& joeysjj/onilink106)
09. Around the Bend - Clean Champion 0 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=382075 - talaena
- Boomerang 17 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=5588652 - DMarden117
10. Up the Hump - Champion 15 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8701093 - WizBang (& redreoicy)
- Clean 31 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9275731 - lord_hamybal (& redreoicy)
- Boomerang 32 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9275590 - lord_hamybal (& redreoicy)
11. Mission to Mars - Clean 2 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1382255 - EddieMontage
- Champion 4 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=5451769 - GreenTime (& rabid squirrel/ironmano)
- Boomerang 3 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=5452037 - WhyT (& Skips)
12. Up the Stairs - Champion 10 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8688642 - redreoicy (& WizBang)
- Clean Sweep 20 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8688296 - WizBang (& redreoicy)
- Boomerang 16 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8688517 - WizBang (& redreoicy)
13. Big Ball - Champion 11 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=7075603 - GreenTime (& Sumaleth)
- Clean 53 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8768659 - IGLima (& GreenTime/Sumaleth)
14. Four Balls - Champion 15 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=7143984 - DMarden117 (& Sumaleth/redreoicy/JHawk4/Linkzcap)
15. Down Under - Clean 2 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=13872 - SockFolder
- Champion 3 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=5276043 - GreenTime (& obn)
16. Awash - 73 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4744444 - Sumaleth
17. Handling - Clean 5 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4091581 - flagitious
- Champion 6 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=6363991 - 8-BiT (& GreenTime/Imrahill/orange peel)
18. Tube - Clean 34 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=7653492 - WizBang (& Sumaleth)
- Bomerang 33 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=7653039 - WizBang (& Sumaleth)
19. Back and Forth - Even Sumaleth can't do this one I'm afraid
20. Unpossible - 32 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=9708142 - barbarianl3t (& GreenTime)
- Champion 34 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8997658 - Wizbang (& Zhyrek/GreenTime)
21. U-Turn - Champion 16 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8881960 - redreiocy (& GreenTime/whocares/evan1/osiris2/BapfelOrange)
- Clean 20 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=8427014 - JKariznov (& GreenTime/whocares/evan1/osiris2/BapfelOrange)

Other ingenious/cool solutions:
01. Rolling Away - Boomerang 6 piece weight - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4466446 - MrZNF
02. Reach Up - Champion 5 piece weighted triangle - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1354542 - rabid squirrel
04. Junkyard - Champion 5 piece >3 hour walker - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4076725 - mtdewd
- Champion 14 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=5118149 - GreenTime (& rabid squirrel/nauscopy/Sumaleth/OficiallyHaphazard)
07. Full Up - Champion 4 piece launcher - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4599235 - jkhouw1 (& rabid squirrel/ironmano)
08. Higher - Boomerang 4 piece lever - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=4956254 - ironmano
- Clean 4 piece lever - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4802175 - Skips
10. Up the Hump - Champion 67 piece - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4621331 - Sumaleth
12. Up the Stairs - 54 piece chain-break catapult - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4545462 - flagitious
13. Big Ball - Champion 54 piece flinger-thing http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4720886 - NightStryke
- Champion 49 piece chain-break catapult - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4545532 - flagitious
16. Awash - 62 piece chain-break catapult - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4547662 - flagitious
18. Tube - Clean 69 piece chain-break catapult - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4548020 - flagitious
[the chain break catapults work for some and not for others]

[WhyT]

Reach Up - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1302719

On A Roll - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1302894

Around The Bend - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1303146

Mars - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1303301

[WhyT]

I'll just keep adding all mine to my first post.

[ironmano]

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1303116 Reach up Champion version
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1303306 Mind the gap Champion
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1303498 On a Roll over abundance or rods
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1303686 Mission to mars Champion
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1304173 Down Under
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1325171 Higher Champion
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1363127 Handling

[rabid squirrel]

Lol at around the bend, I'll just take the 0 piece green champions one xD

and double lol @ down under - I can't count how many pieces it is, but surely we can make a simpler one than that xD

[timewarp]

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1304961
On a roll, one rod.

[ironmano]

Lol at around the bend, I'll just take the 0 piece green champions one xD

and double lol @ down under - I can't count how many pieces it is, but surely we can make a simpler one than that xD

It's 54 from the peice limit

[SockFolder]

This is the current best solution for Down Under, which coincidentally is all water rods.
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=13872

[ironmano]

This is the current best solution for Down Under, which coincidentally is all water rods.
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=13872

Mine looks cooler

[rabid squirrel]

It's probably possible to make mind the gap with 2 pieces... after that it gets really sticky >.< (we can always just make them fewer pieces though)

nice job on the 2 piece down under btw

[ironmano]

Higher needs added to the list. You went from lvl 7 to lvl 9 in your list

[rabid squirrel]

Whoops, sorry xD

I think I could do some of these myself, maybe I'll give it a shot.

[mtdewd]

Here's a Higher with not so many freaking pieces
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1340513

[NightStryke]

Reach Up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1348527 1

Higher: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1348497 5

[rabid squirrel]

Here's a Higher with not so many freaking pieces
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1340513

made me lol...

I'm really impressed by the 6/5 piece highers - I was wondering how it was possible since you couldn't rest a water rod on top of another

EDIT: made a 5 piece reach up champion
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1354542
made a 3 piece mission to mars!
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1354639
And a 5 piece M2M champ! I used ironmano's and tweaked it
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1354861

[ironmano]

If you wanna go for less rods and not my million rod weights.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1362707 4 rod champ higher
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1364202 4 rod champ on a roll
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1364100 6 rod champ mind the gap
Oh and
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1363127 I fixed my Handling one to not break every time you run it

[rabid squirrel]

I looked at your 4 piece on a roll champ, and thought I could make it 3 pieces, so I did
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1365701

I also managed to make a Higher with 3 pieces, using Entity's (think it was) triangle idea.
http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=1365434

Now I'm going to try to do something new instead of tweaking other people's stuff xD
Full up all water attempt:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1367090
My idea is that the lever pushes the ball, the box thing gets it to move out and fall perfectly into the hole, springing the two rods with the pink brick across. Here's one without the box to show you how that would work:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1367315
I dunno if it's even possible, but it's a start.

I looked at the Pilots thread, and I kind of like the idea for the ingenious not-as-simple stuff, I think I'll add in something in to include alternate methods that are ingenious/cool

[whocares]

you dont need the chain make it 1 rod
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1367509

[rabid squirrel]

^ yay, I tried to do that and failed miserably

[NightStryke]

Most of the levels with box goal pieces will be impossible, but I've been working on an idea for Full-Up:

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1350978

Just can't seem to get it to work, though.