
Overview
The Techno-Teachers go up against The Manic Mechanics to see who can harness the forces of Mother Nature and build a windmill to power a machine crucial to life as we know it — a coffee grinder! One team constructs a conventional fan-bladed windmill, while their opponents go for a vertical-axis Savonious rotor. Quick on-screen sketches reveal which is best for which wind conditions. But a half-hour before the competition, the weather services release a gale warning, forcing one team to clip the blades off their windmill for fear of having them ripped off. But at competition time, the wind doesn't get over 2 miles per hour.
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3 - 1Demolition September 17, 2000
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3 - 2Aerial Bomber September 24, 2000
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3 - 3Underwater Chariot October 01, 2000
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3 - 4Windmill October 08, 2000
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3 - 5Missile Launcher October 15, 2000
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3 - 6Bridging Machines October 22, 2000
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3 - 7Giant Mower November 05, 2000
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3 - 8Steam-Powered Car October 29, 2000
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3 - 9Final: Fireboat November 12, 2000
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3 - 10Grand Final: Dragster November 19, 2000
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3 - 11Christmas Special: Car Crusher December 17, 2000