Ping Pong Ball bridge challenge

In this challenge, we had 18 minutes to construct a bridge that could get a ping pong ball across a 12 inch gap. I was in a group with Daniel and Alistair, and we thought to build a ramp that we could drop the ping pong ball onto, launching it across the gap.

Here is a picture of our ramp:

We used straws, paperclips, and tape to make our bridge stand up

Our design was not very effective, because the weight of the ping pong ball was not enough to get a sufficient amount of speed for it to shoot the gap, however, working with people that I had not worked with before proved to be a good experience.