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The Best of 2009

From Science Olympiad Student Center Event Wiki

This is a collection of pictures of the devices that place in the TOP TEN at Nationals in 2009. Feel free to add more devices to the collection and add comments or questions about the workings of the ones present already! I added two comments to the 9th Place Egg-O-Naut entry just to show where you can put them.

Egg-O-Naut

9th Place

9th place - Bottle is from a sparkling mineral water called Perrier	9th Place - Balsa "stops" on the body of the rocket keep the cone from going too far down and sticking.	9th place - a drop cloth parachute slows down the eggs descent
9th place - the rocket is on the launcher and you can see the top half is a capsule to hold the parachute and the egg, and should fall off at the peak releasing the parachute	9th place - a drop cloth parachute slows the egg's descent and the hole in the parachute is supposed to add stability, and the egg appears to be inside a chamber made from a pop can and a drink holder	9th place - the pressure chamber of the rocket after the launch, which is no longer attached to the egg

Electric Vehicle

4th Place

10th Place

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10th place - Check out the notes on this photo in particular, as they are directly from the builders, who were kind enough to explain their design.	10th place - At the right front corner, you can see their adjustment mechanism for the alignment of the front wheel. They have slots and tightening bolts on the right and plate that holds the axle and then that plate can be moved slightly using the bolt that runs to the front.	10th place

Elevated Bridge B

7th Place

Elevated Bridge C

Junkyard Challenge

1st Place

4th Place

5th Place

8th Place

Robo-Cross B

2nd Place

2nd Place JC Booth Middle School (GA)

9th Place

9th place Muscatel Middle School (CA) this is a Robot mainly build with Vex robotics parts	9th Place Muscatel Middle School (CA)this robot is operated by one person	9th place Muscatel Middle School (CA) this robot has a storage area for items so that later it can drop them into a goal
9th place Muscatel Middle School (CA) this robot uses to opening and closing arms to gather the items	9th place Muscatel Middle School (CA) this robot can tip the storage are to send the items to the goal