Ongoing Contest(Scores)
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Re: Ongoing Contest(Scores)
First, thanks (havneguy, ckssv07, and george) for sharing the....competitive landscape in PA. For sure a notch above what it is in CO. Congrats to all the medalists. Getting above 1200 is a real accomplishment. It'll be really interesting to see what kind of numbers come in from OH today.
Wish I could make it to Nats to see and meet, but that isn't going to happen. I am, however, looking forward to working with Preston MS, from here in Fort Collins to see how far... the tube can be taken.
Balsa, when you ask for a tube boom to be "explained", I'm not sure what you mean.....
There's now a picture that explains - shows what one looks like; there is a lot of discussion explaining underlying concept, theoretical advantages, ways of building, design variations that are appearing; its pretty much all here. Something specific you were wondering about?
Wish I could make it to Nats to see and meet, but that isn't going to happen. I am, however, looking forward to working with Preston MS, from here in Fort Collins to see how far... the tube can be taken.
Balsa, when you ask for a tube boom to be "explained", I'm not sure what you mean.....
There's now a picture that explains - shows what one looks like; there is a lot of discussion explaining underlying concept, theoretical advantages, ways of building, design variations that are appearing; its pretty much all here. Something specific you were wondering about?
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For the state competition in Pennsylvania in division C the winning efficiency was around the mid 1200's, and that was by Harriton, It held somewhere near 11kg and in the mid to high 9 gram range. Sorry I don’t remember the exact specifics just wanted to share what general score was for division C.
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Re: Ongoing Contest(Scores)
what do you mean when you refer to "wall tube"?Balsa Man wrote:First, thanks (havneguy, ckssv07, and george) for sharing the....competitive landscape in PA. For sure a notch above what it is in CO. Congrats to all the medalists. Getting above 1200 is a real accomplishment. It'll be really interesting to see what kind of numbers come in from OH today.
Wish I could make it to Nats to see and meet, but that isn't going to happen. I am, however, looking forward to working with Preston MS, from here in Fort Collins to see how far... the tube can be taken.
Balsa, when you ask for a tube boom to be "explained", I'm not sure what you mean.....
There's now a picture that explains - shows what one looks like; there is a lot of discussion explaining underlying concept, theoretical advantages, ways of building, design variations that are appearing; its pretty much all here. Something specific you were wondering about?
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Um, I made references to tube wall- as in wall thickness- talking about the thickness of the material forming the tube- as in outside diameter minus inside diameter. I talked about we're using 1/32nd; George said they were using 1/16th....
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Received 950 for state tournament. Got 2nd place surprisingly...
I could've gotten 1300 if I just made the side of my base thicker...
It held 10.9kg, unfortunately
The national team received 3rd place so unless they made a huge improvement, Virginia won't be very competitive (I think).
I could've gotten 1300 if I just made the side of my base thicker...
It held 10.9kg, unfortunately
The national team received 3rd place so unless they made a huge improvement, Virginia won't be very competitive (I think).
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mwloveslm wrote:wow nice....ok....do you think it might be possible for us to see a top view? If it's not a problem for you.....
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Wow, very nice How are these made btw? Do you need special equipment to make them? I might try to make one or two over the summer XD
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http://scioly.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php? ... be#p219563UQOnyx wrote:Wow, very nice How are these made btw? Do you need special equipment to make them? I might try to make one or two over the summer XD
I would recommend reading ALL of this thread and the Boomilever B/C thread.
We got almost all of our design from these threads by reading all of it, then thinking/imagining...
PS,
We decided to simply overlap the seam in the tube, instead of trying cutting and then gluing the edges. We scrapped 4 or 5 tubes trying it the way they describe in the PDF.
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Re: Ongoing Contest(Scores)
Michigan State Results, sorry no details on masses or designs, only final numbers. I was in headquarters all day and didn't see the booms themselves.
Div B
1428 - Meads Mill, will be coming to Wright State
1386 - Hudson
1360 - Lakeshore, will be coming to Wright State
Div C
1752 - Saline
1644 - Lakeshore
1574 - Grandhaven, will be coming to Wright State
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Div B
1428 - Meads Mill, will be coming to Wright State
1386 - Hudson
1360 - Lakeshore, will be coming to Wright State
Div C
1752 - Saline
1644 - Lakeshore
1574 - Grandhaven, will be coming to Wright State
Jeff Anderson
Livonia, MI
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