Legos - Top 2

My. Alltime. Top 2. Favorites.

Airplane Rescue

Giant Escape

Legos - Giant Escape

My birthday is this Friday!

My grandparents and another grandma have come to visit!

I wanted to get all my assignments done so that I could spend the weekend without worrying about overdue assignments.

I got to show my grandparents how I make my Legos move!

I liked making the giant.  

It was fun! Not too difficult. Just normal.

I noticed that the base needed more weight to hold the giant sometimes.  

The arm was like a big crane!

I like cranes (the trucks... and the birds too.)

Sometimes I would make the giant go up twice and the crane would go backwards! oops!

I played with the program a little.

After a while I dangled the giant over the side of the table. 

We definitely needed more weight on the base.

(I also played with the sounds the giant made. I liked making him sleep and all kinds of other funny sounds!)

Legos - Sailboat Storm

I liked making the boat!

It was so cool how it rocked back and forth!

I didn't like the sound though. 

It wasn't fun and it was a little scary. 

So, I played with some other sounds for the boat and it turned out pretty funny!

Legos - Airplane Rescue

I liked making the airplane and its program!

I love how the propeller spins!!

Because Mom had a lot of work to help with Myanna, 

Debany was there to help out some with my project.

BUT, I'm getting really good at following the directions and putting the pieces together!

Robotics: Dancing Birds

Hi! Porter here.

I just finished the 'Dancing Birds'

project for my robotics class.

Did you know that if you twist the 'belt' 

it makes the birds turn different directions?

But if it isn't twisted, they turn in the same direction.

And because the 'hubs' (those are the green wheels) are the same size,

they turn the same speed!

I even played with the timed motor. 

Different times made them turn different.

I really enjoyed making this project!

I can hardly wait for the next one.

I still have more basics and activity videos to do.

I got through the first 10 basics before this project.  

And I have learned so much!

I'll show that in my next post.

Robotics: Smart Spinner

Hi!  Porter again.

I have been working on the Smart Spinner!

 I was excited to watch it spin!

I tried different gears to see how they spun.

This is what I reported for how long each gear combination spun.

I couldn't believe that the last one only spun for 1 second!

That was hilarious!

To make my spinner last the longest, 

I'll make sure that the top has the small gear 

and the handle has the big gear.

I wouldn't mind trying two small gears 

and see if that makes a difference.

Robotics: Drumming Monkey

Hi!  

I'm Porter and I LOVE building with Legos!

Last year, my sister, Myanna, did Engino.

She likes to work with me on my Lego projects this year.

We learn a lot about teamwork and 

work really well together because we both love it so much.

 Here is my drumming monkey - All finished!

I love watching it move!

We tried 4 different ways to put on the 'cam wheels'.

The first was opposite eachother.

It made the sound: 'Dun -- Dun --"

The second one was at an angle from the first.

It went: "-- Dun Dun --"

The third one: I took one of the double 'cams' and made the double into a set opposite from each other.

It went: "-- Dun Dun Dun"

On the fourth one, I did the same as the last one to the other double cams. 

Now the sound went: "Dun Dun Dun Dun"

Here's what I had put on paper.

 It was so neat to watch the gears turning to make the arms lift. 

I liked watching the cams lift the arms and lower them to make the arms hit my little cup.

I love Legos!