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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvQlY_1BrXI

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Does anyone know the winning distances for nationals last year?
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Re: Storm the Castle B

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JSGandora wrote:Does anyone know the winning distances for nationals last year?
check Jim R's post
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Sorry, which post are you referring to?
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The very first post. With the list of resources. That would be a good place to look.
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lol, oops. Sorry, but I can't find the distances in any of the links he provided?
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Are gears allowed in the building of the trebuchets?
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JSGandora wrote:lol, oops. Sorry, but I can't find the distances in any of the links he provided?

FYI, it you are looking at the distances from last year to use as some sort of goal for this year, I wouldn't. We changed enough things in the rules to make it likely that the distances will all be shorter.

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confusedhuman wrote:Are gears allowed in the building of the trebuchets?
General rule #2 applies to most questions like this: http://soinc.org/ethics_rules

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