Optics B/C

[chalker]

In the laser shoot, is the laser on from the beginning and just the mirrors are covered, or are both the laser and the mirrors covered?

The laser is normally off and all the mirrors are covered, based on what I've seen.

Rule 3.d.xiv explicitly says the laser is not to be turned on until the team is done placing the mirrors.

[hexagonaria]

I just competed at Wright state on Saturday, and our laser shoot had an accuracy of 5 millimeters using all 5 mirrors. I've never done this before, so is this considered 'good?' I know I need to study more, i'm just wondering if I need a new shooting method too.

[Schrodingerscat]

I just competed at Wright state on Saturday, and our laser shoot had an accuracy of 5 millimeters using all 5 mirrors. I've never done this before, so is this considered 'good?' I know I need to study more, i'm just wondering if I need a new shooting method too.

I personally consider within a centimeter great (5mm is basically perfect from my perspective), and a few centimeter range pretty good. My experience is that my uncertainty is a few centimeters from difficulties of getting angles exact, even with high precision templates.

[SciBomb97]

I just competed at Wright state on Saturday, and our laser shoot had an accuracy of 5 millimeters using all 5 mirrors. I've never done this before, so is this considered 'good?' I know I need to study more, i'm just wondering if I need a new shooting method too.

I think that 5mm with all five mirrors is about as perfect as you can get.

[foreverphysics]

I just competed at Wright state on Saturday, and our laser shoot had an accuracy of 5 millimeters using all 5 mirrors. I've never done this before, so is this considered 'good?' I know I need to study more, i'm just wondering if I need a new shooting method too.

Are you crazy? I'd be screaming for joy if I got within 10 mm, much less 5.

[hexagonaria]

Cool

[smartkid222]

I just competed at Wright state on Saturday, and our laser shoot had an accuracy of 5 millimeters using all 5 mirrors. I've never done this before, so is this considered 'good?' I know I need to study more, i'm just wondering if I need a new shooting method too.

How were the barriers placed on the box and how far away from the center was the target?

[JSGandora]

The target can be placed not at the center?

[hexagonaria]

There was one barrier in the middle and the other two were more or less equal distance away from it on either side..pretty much what I expected. I was surprised that the target was right on the the center, so that was kind of easy. I thought they would be a little more creative and put out off to the side.

[cngu23]

The target can be placed not at the center?

Haven't really checked the rules on this but

for the laser shoot, which variables are changed, the location of the target, or the location of the obstacle, and how many obstacles are there?
Is there a predetermined size for the box too?

I am thinking about premaking a few mirror placement models that can work for almost any placement of the object or target. Might that be helpful, or do they not allow you to use notes or anything when making calculations?
Thank you.