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by lmatkovic3
February 8th, 2015, 8:34 pm
Forum: 2015 Invitationals, Regionals, and States
Topic: Georgia 2015
Replies: 149
Views: 44842

Re: Georgia 2015

I've been out of the loop for a while but it seems that the Regional/State Astronomy rules for Georgia no longer allow for the use of laptops. This harms the teams that actually prepare for the event (and nationals) for no good reason. What's going to happen is the teams that had significant inform...
by lmatkovic3
February 5th, 2015, 6:20 pm
Forum: 2015 Invitationals, Regionals, and States
Topic: Georgia 2015
Replies: 149
Views: 44842

Re: Georgia 2015

I've been out of the loop for a while but it seems that the Regional/State Astronomy rules for Georgia no longer allow for the use of laptops. This harms the teams that actually prepare for the event (and nationals) for no good reason. What's going to happen is the teams that had significant informa...
by lmatkovic3
January 8th, 2015, 4:54 pm
Forum: 2015 Invitationals, Regionals, and States
Topic: Georgia 2015
Replies: 149
Views: 44842

Re: Georgia 2015

Brookwood's difficulty is usually similar to what you'll see in well-run events at state.
by lmatkovic3
April 3rd, 2014, 12:20 pm
Forum: 2014 Build Events
Topic: Scrambler C
Replies: 459
Views: 97629

Re: Scrambler C

The issue with that logic is that it assumes that the wheels are perfectly rigid bodies that do not deform when a force is applied. The braking delay can slow down the car and make it less competitive while there are more effective ways of eliminating the skid almost entirely without sacrificing per...
by lmatkovic3
March 22nd, 2014, 6:35 pm
Forum: 2014 Invitationals, Regionals, and States
Topic: Georgia 2014
Replies: 13
Views: 9037

Re: Georgia 2014

Division C:
1st. Brookwood HS
2nd. GSMST

4-peat results
by lmatkovic3
February 6th, 2014, 7:49 pm
Forum: 2014 Study Events
Topic: Astronomy C
Replies: 132
Views: 50227

Re: Astronomy C

Since when can states change the official rules?
by lmatkovic3
November 9th, 2013, 8:07 pm
Forum: 2014 Build Events
Topic: Scrambler C
Replies: 459
Views: 97629

Re: Scrambler C

If I recall correctly, one of the teams at nationals last year that got their car right on the target ended up getting ~10th place because it wasn't really optimized/constructed as well as it could have been, while most of the teams who medaled were 3cm+ off the target.
by lmatkovic3
May 24th, 2013, 8:18 pm
Forum: 2013 Build Events
Topic: Gravity Vehicle C
Replies: 426
Views: 93099

Re: Gravity Vehicle C

Why didn't you add more weights to the back of your car?

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