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by knightmoves
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Forum: Robot Tour C
Topic: Positon of dowel
Replies: 3
Views: 66

Re: Positon of dowel

how bout how far off from the front of the bot? "No part of the Vehicle can extend beyond the front of the dowel, other than the dowel attachment device." So the dowel, and what holds it on, has to be the frontmost part of your robot. There's no real advantage to extending it further than...
by knightmoves
March 25th, 2024, 10:24 pm
Forum: Roller Coaster B
Topic: Construction parameter l iv
Replies: 2
Views: 250

Re: Construction parameter l iv

My experience is the same as TheBananzas - this gets interpreted as constraining the projection of the motion on to the horizontal plane. It would be nice if the rules committee could clarify this interpretation the next time Roller Coaster comes around...
by knightmoves
March 25th, 2024, 10:19 pm
Forum: Air Trajectory B/C
Topic: Aiming at centerpoint of target
Replies: 1
Views: 140

Re: Aiming at centerpoint of target

It's easy for me to imagine an ES forbidding a student from placing markers on the target, ruling that such might mark the surface, and so, temporarily, "damage" it. The FAQ you quote seems to leave it to the ES's discretion whether or not the students may do this, which isn't very satisfa...
by knightmoves
March 6th, 2024, 12:37 pm
Forum: General Competition
Topic: Most Competitive Science Olympiad Event
Replies: 34
Views: 11680

Re: Most Competitive Science Olympiad Event

And it gets worse. The team that shared a room with us came back from Ecology, saying "the only thing we didn't know was _____" (one single question near the end). They got 22nd in the event. ...although your teammates might not be very good judges of what they actually knew. Back in Div ...
by knightmoves
March 3rd, 2024, 9:11 am
Forum: Air Trajectory B/C
Topic: Projectile clarification
Replies: 5
Views: 201

Re: Projectile clarification

I don't think anyone is going to notice the difference between a 3.7mm ball and a 3.4mm ball at a competition. I think you've been misled by google. A table tennis ball is 40mm in diameter. From the ITTF handbook: 2.3 THE BALL 2.3.1 The ball shall be spherical, with a diameter of 40mm. 2.3.2 The ba...
by knightmoves
March 3rd, 2024, 8:50 am
Forum: General Competition
Topic: Most Competitive Science Olympiad Event
Replies: 34
Views: 11680

Re: Most Competitive Science Olympiad Event

This thread feels one-ended now but I will not forget how our 90% correct (i think) ecology test yesterday got 14th place. That's my new vote. Oh dear. Your test was too easy. This happens sometimes - I suspect it's when teachers who are new to science olympiad are event supervisors. If a teacher s...
by knightmoves
February 16th, 2024, 11:31 am
Forum: Roller Coaster B
Topic: Loop POI (two sections of the track to touch)
Replies: 2
Views: 201

Re: Loop POI (two sections of the track to touch)

Hi All I have a question on the loop rule 3.m.iii (two sections of the track to touch). I am thinking of changing my pipe loop into 2 rails style track and the POI to touch rule is throwing me off. Can my tracks be slightly apart but connected with a steel rod or something? If the two tracks are to...
by knightmoves
February 12th, 2024, 10:43 am
Forum: Optics B/C
Topic: Template removal time clarification
Replies: 2
Views: 4367

Re: Template removal time clarification

Hi All, The rules around templates listed in the wiki - https://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/Optics#Templates are great, but I wanted clarification on this question - Do all the templates used by the participants need to be removed before the 4 minutes are over? Or is it ok to leave them in place unti...
by knightmoves
February 12th, 2024, 10:27 am
Forum: General Competition
Topic: How to host a new satellite invitational?
Replies: 2
Views: 192

Re: How to host a new satellite invitational?

You also want to coordinate with your state organization, because you don't want to host your tournament at the same time as some other nearby school will host theirs. And your state organization will probably help advertise your tournament, if they know about it. Scilympiad works reasonably well, b...
by knightmoves
February 12th, 2024, 8:05 am
Forum: Wind Power B/C
Topic: DVD scuffing
Replies: 2
Views: 482

Re: DVD scuffing

If someone were to lightly sand the surface to get better glue adhesion, and then glue their blades to the sanded surface, how would anyone know? The abraded surface wouldn't be visible.

I'd think there's a good argument that surface preparation is part of the gluing process.

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