SPIN AWAY!! Learn all about gear ratio. Build a Flying Saucer and a spinner handle with gears to power it and spin through space at different speeds.

Flying Saucer

Green 2x4 Plate

Green 2x4 Plate

Red 1x16 with Holes

Step 1You will Need:

Red 1x8 with Holes

Red 1x8 with Holes

Step 2You will Need:

Red 1x16 with Holes

Green Flat Tile

Green Flat Tile

Step 3You will Need:

Green 2x4 Plate

Green 2x4 Plate

Green Round Brick

Red 1x4 Brick

Red 1x4 Brick

Yellow 2x6 Brick

Step 4You will Need:

Red 2x2 Brick

Red 1x6with Holes

Red 1x6with Holes

Step 5You will Need:

White Toothed Plate

White Toothed Plate

Hub

Step 6You will Need:

Red 1x2 with Hole

Red 1x2 with Hole

Step 7You will Need:

Put the studs into the ho les !

a.

b.

Grey 1x2 with Pin

Grey 1x2 with Pin

Tilt Sensor

Step 8You will Need:

Step 9Put the Grey P ins into the ho les !

P lug the Ti lt Sensor into the Hub!

a.

b.

Black Pin Black Pin #6 Axle

Step 10You will Need:

a.

b.

6#

Basic Gear

Step 11You will Need:

Yellow 2x2Inverted Wedge

Red 2x6 Brick

White 1x8 Plate

White 1x8 Plate

Step 12You will Need:

Step 13You will Need:

Yellow 2x2Inverted Wedge

Red 2x6 Brick

White 1x8 Plate

White 1x8 Plate

White 2x8 Plate

White 2x8 Plate

Step 14You will Need:

White 2x6 Plate

White 2x6 Plate

Step 15You will Need:

White 1x4 Plate

White 1x4 Plate

White 2x8 Plate

Step 16You will Need:

Step 17You will Need:

White 2x6 Plate

White 2x6 Plate

White 1x4 Plate

White 1x4 Plate

White 2x8 Plate

Red 2x4 Brick

Red 2x4 Brick

Yellow 2x3 Inverted Wedge

Yellow 2x3 Inverted Wedge

Step 18You will Need:

Yeloow 2x4 Brick

Yellow 2x3 Wedge

Yellow 1x2 Brick

Step 19You will Need:

Step 20You will Need:

Yeloow 2x4 Brick

Yellow 2x3 Wedge

Yellow 1x2 Brick

Yellow 1x3 Wedge

Red Bow

Step 21You will Need:

Step 22You will Need:

Yellow 1x3 Wedge

Red Bow

Yellow 2x2 Wedge

Yellow 1x6 Brick

Yellow 1x6 Brick

Yellow 2x2 Brick

Yellow 1x4 Brick

Step 23You will Need:

Red 1x2 Wedge

Yellow Bow

Step 24You will Need:

Yellow 1x4 Brick

Yellow 2x2 Wedge

Yellow 2x6 Brick

Yellow 2x2 Brick

Step 25You will Need:

Step 26You will Need:

Red 1x2 Wedge

Yellow Bow

Green Round Brick

Step 27You will Need:

Wheel Bushing Pinion Gear Worm Gear #8 Axle

Step 28You will Need:

8#

Green Round Brick

Red Disc

Step 29You will Need:

Your Flying Saucer is Built!...Time to Program it!

Set it up. Start your program. L ift the Handle .

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ProgrammingThis program wi l l sp in the F ly ing Saucer and stop the motor when the Handle and Ti lt Sensor are t i lted up.

Start on Key Motor That Way

Wait for Tilt Sensor

Motor Off

1 . M in imize these instruct ions and open the LEGO® WeDo® software.2 . Program your robot with the program above.3 . If you f in ish , open the instruct ions and cont inue to the extens ion act iv it ies !

Extension 1Learn Gear Ratio ! Experiment with different gear

combinat ions and count how long the Saucer sp ins for.

Count how long it sp ins for each way!

Extension 2This program adds Sound and a Display of space!

Start on Key Motor That Way

Sound20

Wait for Tilt Sensor

DisplayBackground

11

Motor Off

Extension 3This program turns the motor, mov ing the Cam and

re leas ing the Lever of the Catapult .

Start on Key Motor That Way

Sound20

DisplayBackground

11

Motor Off Display 0 Wait 10 Add to Display

Repeat