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March 12th, 2015, 2:51 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Air Trajectory B/C
Replies: 573
Views: 171846

Re: Air Trajectory B/C

I am having a different problem. The rules say, "All air device chambers must start launch at ambient air pressure and must automatically return to ambient pressure." We are using a red rubber "dodge ball" that begins at ambient pressure, gets deflated during launch, thus return...
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March 10th, 2015, 4:21 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Air Trajectory B/C
Replies: 573
Views: 171846

Re: Air Trajectory B/C

So they picked easy distances, 3 and 6 meters. I got between 100 and 200 MM for all four shots but only got second. Probably would have done better if my partner agreed to do a bucket shot. The judge gave me a problem with the air pump but he caved and gave it to me, thanks everyone for the help an...
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March 10th, 2015, 2:58 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Air Trajectory B/C
Replies: 573
Views: 171846

Re: Air Trajectory B/C

So they picked easy distances, 3 and 6 meters. I got between 100 and 200 MM for all four shots but only got second. Probably would have done better if my partner agreed to do a bucket shot. The judge gave me a problem with the air pump but he caved and gave it to me, thanks everyone for the help and...
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March 9th, 2015, 5:27 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Air Trajectory B/C
Replies: 573
Views: 171846

Re: Air Trajectory B/C

One final question, for the graphs, does anyone have an example of what they are suppose to look like? Also, can you have either a table or a graph? or do you have to have both? You need both data tables and graphs. I posted a template that you can use for your graphs. I've gotten full scores on gr...
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March 8th, 2015, 12:29 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Air Trajectory B/C
Replies: 573
Views: 171846

Re: Air Trajectory B/C

One final question, for the graphs, does anyone have an example of what they are suppose to look like? Also, can you have either a table or a graph? or do you have to have both?
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March 5th, 2015, 2:55 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Air Trajectory B/C
Replies: 573
Views: 171846

Re: Air Trajectory B/C

It has to reinflate it by itself. So you cannot use any mechanism to re-inflate it, I believe. When I attempted to use the kickball, we just switched to using a soda bottle because it was really irritating to work with. Could you direct me to the rule that suggests that or explicitly says it? All I...
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March 3rd, 2015, 4:10 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Air Trajectory B/C
Replies: 573
Views: 171846

Re: Air Trajectory B/C

I have finally figured out my device and got it to work. The only problem is, it is hard to re-inflate the kickball I am using. Would it be against the rules to use an air pump for an air mattress to fill it? I know the rules say that you can not have anything electrical as part of your device, but ...
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February 17th, 2015, 12:16 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Air Trajectory B/C
Replies: 573
Views: 171846

Re: Air Trajectory B/C

I was going to post a picture of what I made just in case other people needed ideas but it says my picture is too large. Oh well. I did find out that if you cut a small hole in a kickball you can just fit a garden hose in the end and not have any leakage. I over-complicated my original idea. Since t...
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February 10th, 2015, 12:18 pm
Forum: 2015 Build Events
Topic: Air Trajectory B/C
Replies: 573
Views: 171846

Re: Air Trajectory B/C

I was looking at a team that had a triggering device similar to the Official video released. I knew I was not going to do that but one thing from the video that i realized was their method of adjusting distance. They raised or lowered the weight using the rope to a certain line marked, and then rele...
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February 8th, 2015, 5:52 pm
Forum: General Competition
Topic: Scioly Team Music
Replies: 14
Views: 3552

Re: Scioly Team Music

[/quote]Good for your coaches for allowing 6th graders to compete, but only 4 8th graders? Who was crazy enough to limit the number of experienced people?[/quote] Im not sure if this format will be every year or just this year but she only picked 4 8th graders. In the past years I have done it, we h...

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