Four Balls:
two pinwheels and a lot of flying - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=568348
took a good bit of time to get the timings down (and this is mostly just luck)

8/18/2008 1:13:26 PM

sweet

i made a ball conveyor http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=568746

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 1:26 PM. Reason : that last ball is very reluctant to get in though]

8/18/2008 1:25:20 PM

my solution to back and forth, so far I've solved almost everything with vehicles, this time i used two of them.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=573414

8/18/2008 3:12:07 PM

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=575124

8/18/2008 3:53:58 PM

^ Whoah. I never realized you could attach the target block in the middle of a wheel. That's sweet.

8/18/2008 4:12:10 PM

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=576211

8/18/2008 4:25:45 PM

that's probably the simplest tube one I've seen yet

8/18/2008 4:27:08 PM

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=576624 unpossible solved with a vehicle

8/18/2008 4:33:45 PM

Tube with only two drive wheels (but a handful of free spinners that i couldnt get rid of ) - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=570812

Back and Forth solved in a manner that I wasn't exactly intending - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=577231


Unpossible with a vehicle, slightly different from ^ - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=578263

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 5:07 PM. Reason : ]

8/18/2008 4:43:22 PM

Visiting Mars and setting up a permanent colony instead of just performing a satellite flyby - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=579733

simple solution to level 10 (up the hump) - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=580353




[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 5:54 PM. Reason : ]

8/18/2008 5:40:55 PM

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=580105

this is the simplest tube design I could make.

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 5:55 PM. Reason : tube]

8/18/2008 5:55:40 PM

^not as simple as the one I posted before

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=507837

8/18/2008 5:56:36 PM

got em both beat on over the hump
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=580792


^ and you could simplify yours by removing all the water bars around the pink block and just putting the wheels on the bottom corners of the pink block


and then just beat that one:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=581352
2 wheels, 2 rods.



[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 6:20 PM. Reason : ]

8/18/2008 6:04:01 PM

humm... thought it would just tip backwards if I did that. cool

8/18/2008 6:19:13 PM

Quote :

"Unpossible with a vehicle, slightly different from ^ - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=578263 "

ha that's exactly the way i did mine for that level.

8/18/2008 7:00:32 PM

unpossible solved with a vehicle combo

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=583972

8/18/2008 7:24:43 PM

My solution to Back and Forth was to build a drag line.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=588128

8/18/2008 9:03:02 PM

^ I like how your machine makes one last grasp for the hill before succumbing to gravity, lol.

8/18/2008 9:11:40 PM

Quote :

"that's probably the simplest tube one I've seen yet"

Only takes 2 wheels and a stick. I'd demonstrate but I still can't save

8/18/2008 10:14:18 PM

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=593013

8/18/2008 11:06:23 PM

Anyone figured out anything for Awash?

8/18/2008 11:21:59 PM

Awash is pretty easy. You just need to guide all the balls over the top of a vehicle using pink wheels.

8/19/2008 1:27:49 AM

Tube with just 2 drive wheels, 5 rods
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=606550

I've been trying to get it with 2 wheels and 2 rods, but I can't quite get there. The key is to attach the two rods to the edges of the pink ball so it rotates and pushes the drive wheels out.
In all of my attempts, it rotates and pushes the drive wheels out, but they bounce off the walls and fail. This link shows the pink ball pushing the drive wheels out as well as pulling up on a rod that pushes the drive wheels out from a different angle for more stability.



Tube with 2 drive wheels, 2 rods
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=606652
Different setup, inspired by BEU's simple 3 drive wheels and 3 rods configuration earlier on this page





[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 8:15 AM. Reason : ]

8/19/2008 8:10:31 AM

Expanding/improving on Limpynuts's simplest solutions post from the first page:

Level 1 - Rolling Away: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=506050 0 wheels, 0 rods (limynuts)
Level 2 - Reach Up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=506015 1 wheel, 1 rod (limpynuts)
Level 3 - Mind the Gap: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=506073 1 wheel, 1 rod (limpynuts)
Level 4 - Junkyard: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=607372 1 wheel, 3 rods (tl)
Level 5 - The Wall: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=607588 2 wheels, 4 rods (tl)
Level 6 - On a Roll: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=607652 1 wheel, 1 rod (tl)
Level 7 - Full-up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=607850 2 wheels, 1 rod (tl)
Level 8 - Higher: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=607923 2 wheels, 2 rods (tl)
Level 9 - Around the Bend: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=607992 1 wheel, 1 rod (tl)
Level 10 - Up the Hump: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=581352 2 wheels, 2 rods (tl)
Level 11 - Mission to Mars: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=531632 0 wheels, 1 rod (El Nacho)
Level 12 - Up the Stairs: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=608113 2 wheels, 4 rods (tl)
Level 13 - Big Ball: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=507178 4 wheels, 2 rods (limpynuts)
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=608330 1 wheel, 4 rods (tl)
Level 14 - Four Balls: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=608806 1 wheel, 14 rods (tl)
Level 16 - Awash: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=609321 4 wheels, 12 rods (tl)
Level 18 - Tube: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=606652 2 wheels, 2 rods (tl)




[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 9:56 AM. Reason : ]

8/19/2008 9:39:54 AM

Level 15 - Down Under: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=610265 2 wheels, 13 rods (tl)
Level 17 - Handling: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=609748 1 wheel, 9 rods (tl)

[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 10:25 AM. Reason : ]

8/19/2008 10:09:55 AM

On "Tube", remove the rod that attaches the small ball to the pink wheel. Move the whole contraption to the bottom of the tube. Wedge the yellow wheel in the bottom right corner as far as you can. Put the pink wheel about 15 degrees above the yellow wheel as close to the wall as it goes. Now put the little ball on top of the rod connecting the pink and yellow wheels (put it close to the pink wheel), but don't connect it. The weight of the little ball will cause it to wedge in place. It only takes 2 wheels and 1 rod.

On Level 8 - "Higher" the pink wheel is unnecessary. Wedge the rod on the lower right.

8/19/2008 10:24:53 AM

i can see how it can be done, but it's touchy as hell.
this one makes it about 80% of the way up and then crashes:
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=610658

it's actually kinda funny.

there we go: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=610827 2 wheels, 1 rod - had to zoom in really far and adjust them just a hair




Good call on Higher: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=610718 1 wheel, 2 rods



[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 10:40 AM. Reason : ]

8/19/2008 10:35:36 AM

Junkyard

8/19/2008 10:37:54 AM

^ Nice.
Level 4 - Junkyard: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=610923 1 wheel, 2 rods

I kinda tried that before, but without the angle. The wheels would bounce and the rod would get stuck in a crossing position and drive the second wheel backwards and screw the whole thing up.

8/19/2008 10:43:28 AM

Back and Forth


The "Back" part is easy. There's got to be a simpler way to do the "Forth". 3 wheels are required to pull the big ball over the hill though.

4 wheels, 11 rods

8/19/2008 11:14:03 AM

Level 17 Handling - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=617845

Simple design I thought....

8/19/2008 1:40:50 PM

from the simplest machines thread on the Fantastic Contraption forums http://fantasticcontraption.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28



Awash - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=119514 0 wheels, 3 rods




some new blank levels:
21. Bonus 01 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=19570
22. Bonus 02 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=19578
23. Bonus 03 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=19582
24. Bonus 04 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=19585
25. Bonus 05 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=19610
26. Bonus 06 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=19611
27. Bonus 07 - http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=19705
27a. Bonus 07a - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=340970 - variant of 'Bonus 07'
28. Bonus 08 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=327629
29. Bonus 09 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=340959 - variant of 'Down Under'
30. Bonus 10 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=341907
31. Bonus 11 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=341018
32. Bonus 12 - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=341088



[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 3:03 PM. Reason : ]

8/19/2008 2:57:24 PM

http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=192073

This one from the thread is almost exactly my unpossible simple solution.

8/19/2008 3:30:16 PM

Lacrosse?

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=624147

8/19/2008 4:25:45 PM

I went for a simpler solution. Still used the same tri-wheels though.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=624698

8/19/2008 4:33:46 PM

figured out what i'm doing for the next 45 mins lol

8/19/2008 4:34:08 PM

This one reminded me of the Jawa vehicles from Star Wars.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=625329

8/19/2008 4:39:07 PM

There's probably a million easier ways to do this one.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=627087

8/19/2008 5:20:30 PM

This one was pretty simple

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=627652

so was this one.

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=627753

8/19/2008 5:27:36 PM

^ I built a pendulum for that second one that whacked it through the hole.

8/19/2008 5:32:10 PM

Why are 11 and 12 so easy after 10 is so damn hard?

8/19/2008 6:00:30 PM

Wack a box
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=630909

So Small
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=631020

8/19/2008 7:23:00 PM

10 is really easy. I just built a lift on the bottom that drove to the left and tossed the ball into the goal.

8/19/2008 7:34:06 PM

NEW ONES? AWESOME! PERFECT TIMING!

8/19/2008 7:52:40 PM

walking the dog
http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=631300

8/19/2008 7:54:19 PM

These are my first attempts at the bonus levels

01 http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=632500

02 http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=632600

03 http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=632600 I like this one

8/19/2008 8:27:10 PM

lol, niice on the second one

8/19/2008 8:29:15 PM

The best contraption ever conceived!!

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=633550

8/19/2008 8:39:26 PM

I DESTROYED THE FREAKING 12th bonus stage

http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=633865

hahah

^

ITS A PENIS THAT EJACULATES HAHAHAAHA

[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 8:43 PM. Reason : sdas]

8/19/2008 8:42:02 PM

8/19/2008 8:46:34 PM