Make a coconut-flinging machine
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Task brief
The brief for the task is as follows:
Make the best coconut-flinging machine.
You have 20 minutes and one attempt.
Furthest coconut fling wins.
Your time starts now.
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Attempts
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- Aisling made a slingshot and put the coconut on a roller-skate. She flung the coconut 4.4 metres.
- Bob adapted a crutch to fling his coconut. He flung the coconut 16.2 metres.
- Mark used a hat to fling the coconut. Although he tried to justify that his hat was a machine and he had flung the coconut 18.9 metres, he was placed fourth.
- Nish created a bow for the coconut, pretending to be Robin Hood. He flung the coconut 5.3 metres.
- Sally created a trebuchet for the coconut. She flung the coconut 5.5 metres.
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