My LT project: Dominoes

Dominoes are insanely useful in Rube Goldberg style contraptions. I forget the precise ratio, but a domino can knock over a larger following domino. This allows you to add energy to the overall system.

So if you do want larger Domino’s, I would encourage a set of 5 “growing” bricks.

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I think a good way to think of it is that the top of the previous domino has to strike above the center of gravity of the next domino

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Yes, ideal world that is all you need. But since I had the time for it tonight I looked for the ratio. Growth factor for real world application is 1.5x

Cannot get my phone to let me make a proper link. That page has the math breakdown for an ideal world, and a video embed for the real world (which I include here as well)

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that’s awsome