Making your truck tip

Look at these images of tip-up trucks.

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Now have a go at designing your own. Think about what it will carry and how you are going to unload the goods. Use a storyboard to work out the making sequence.

The body of the truck could be made from construction kits, junk modelling materials or built from scratch in a material of your choice.
Think about which parts of the body will move and what type of pneumatic system is going to work best. You may choose to inflate a balloon to tip the truck body or fix the syringe plunger to move it up and down.
Don’t forget to decide which side of the truck the goods will be unloaded from as this will decide where the body is hinged.
Once you have made your model test it out, make any changes and decide what works well and what needs rethinking.

You can download images from the Gallery to provide pictures for creating timelines in class.

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