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by Waterpigcow
November 18th, 2019, 6:03 pm
Forum: 2020 Study Events
Topic: Astronomy C
Replies: 80
Views: 55775

Re: Astronomy C

Is it a worthwhile investment to write programs on my ti-84/laptop to quickly solve math sections? my astronomy team does decent at dso questions and stellar evolution/conceptual stuff but we struggle with the math every year. I figure using the formula sheet on the wiki i could write a bunch of pro...
by Waterpigcow
February 18th, 2019, 8:38 am
Forum: General Competition
Topic: Historic regionals
Replies: 2
Views: 1081

Historic regionals

Is there any way to access the results of past regionals via Avogadro? i would like to do some statistical analysis for my team using the past few years to look at trends and stuff but i can't find even last years results on the website.
by Waterpigcow
February 18th, 2019, 8:33 am
Forum: General Competition
Topic: Team motivation
Replies: 9
Views: 1885

Team motivation

What are the carrots and/or sticks your scioly team uses to keep members of the team on task? how does your school focus about 20 teens to study/build for a period of time? our team is having trouble with a few members consistently being off task during practice, playing football etc. instead of foc...
by Waterpigcow
February 18th, 2019, 8:30 am
Forum: General Competition
Topic: Practice Schedule
Replies: 10
Views: 2340

Practice Schedule

What is your team's practice schedule? how is it organized and what level do you compete at? for my school we meet twice a week after school for about ninety minutes to work on events and we have gone to our state competition for the past three years.
by Waterpigcow
February 4th, 2019, 4:15 pm
Forum: Boomilever B/C
Topic: Hook base
Replies: 4
Views: 1748

Re: Hook base

Hi, What I've been doing is taking a thick piece of basswood (like 1/4 square) and putting it between the two tension members. Then, my team used gorilla glue between both tension-base joints, clamped the result, and let it dry for 24 hours. I got this idea from the forums, so I think this works fo...
by Waterpigcow
February 4th, 2019, 12:57 pm
Forum: Boomilever B/C
Topic: Hook base
Replies: 4
Views: 1748

Hook base

Our Boomilever team is having difficulty constructing a base to go over the hook. we can't find any designs that will go over the hook and hold the weight properly. Any and all suggestions appreciated!

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