Dylan Bogod
Stomp-Rocket-Powered Table Tennis Ball Dispenser
The start of my design journey. Although the nature of my projects has matured somewhat since, the same sense of excitement remains.
Dispensing Table Tennis Balls
The GCSE Design & Technology brief was fairly vague — so I built a stomp-rocket-powered table tennis ball dispenser. The device stores table tennis balls and uses a modified stomp rocket mechanism to dramatically propel a ball into the air when required.
The dispenser was designed and built from scratch using over 10 different materials, including some innovative 3D-printed ABS pipe fittings.
Video Demonstration
The dispenser can store upwards of 10 ping-pong balls, and courtesy of a somewhat over-powered launching mechanism, can fire a ball up to 7m into the air.