Block and Tackle

Block and Tackle

Author's Game Description

You lift a 100 Newton weight (heavy red)10 cm (heavy green). How far does the rope move (thin green), and what's the force on the lines (thin red)?
Name of the pulley arrangement is at the top.

Modified from a drawing by Welkinridge at Wikipedia/Wikimedia.

Category: Science Games

Created by tickman, 8 Nov, 2008

Tags: block, Machines, physics, pulleys, science, tackle, technology

Rating: 5, from 3 votes
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tickman  1 year ago

More on this topic (and the ancestor of this image) here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_and_tackle

The ancestor of the image alone:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tackles.png

That image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

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Highscores — Block and TacklePlace 1 - 10
 Player NameScoreTimeDate of Play
1KingKoziol100%0:22.2 min.28 Dec, 2008
2CarpeDiem100%0:22.3 min.11 Nov, 2008
3heateh100%0:22.8 min.10 Nov, 2008
4grevep100%0:29.6 min.11 Nov, 2008
5tickman100%0:36.0 min.8 Nov, 2008
6dalle100%0:36.6 min.8 Nov, 2008
7kennera1100%0:38.2 min.11 Nov, 2008
8Jhelps100%0:43.8 min.9 Nov, 2008
9Poloazer100%0:46.0 min.11 Jul, 2009
10Niklas100%0:50.0 min.9 Nov, 2008
Scores: 1 2

All Time High
100% in 0:22.2 min.
Set by KingKoziol, 1 year ago

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