COPTERBALL 2000

Team 5: COPTERBALL 2000
Members: Caleb Goss, Hardik Pathak, Nicholas Sachs, Zhe Wang
In the year 2036, the space station COPTERBALL 2000 is on a collision course with an unknown planet. In order to save themselves, the crewmembers must flee to the last remaining escape pod. Will they make it in time? The Copterball 2000 is a toy that launches a spinning escape pod into the air on impact. The escape pod is released through a release mechanism utilizing four bar linkages. The escape pod is powered by a spring which needs to be rewound after each launch.