Electric Vehicle 2017 event info

[windu34]

Also in the draft rules it mentions 1 second being equivalent to 1 centimeter in points? Is that a mistake or are they reducing the weight of time?

that's the same as before....

Previously wasn't the conversion rate 10 cm = 1 second in points?

oh true

[windu34]

What do you guys think will be the best method to obtain the bonus? Electronic or mechanical steering?
The way I see it, we can either fix the frame of the vehicle to turn or use a servo

[Bazinga+]

What do you guys think will be the best method to obtain the bonus? Electronic or mechanical steering?
The way I see it, we can either fix the frame of the vehicle to turn or use a servo

I think both could potentially work well, but I'm more inclined to go with mechanical, since I don't feel like regular servos will be precise enough unless you design some special set up where the servos are somehow geared and dont have any force applied directly on them.

[windu34]

What do you guys think will be the best method to obtain the bonus? Electronic or mechanical steering?
The way I see it, we can either fix the frame of the vehicle to turn or use a servo

I think both could potentially work well, but I'm more inclined to go with mechanical, since I don't feel like regular servos will be precise enough unless you design some special set up where the servos are somehow geared and dont have any force applied directly on them.

I do think that mechanical would be easier to implement, but is there any benefit to electrical steering?

[windu34]

I don't quite understand the scoring for EV.
With my current vehicle's scores:
TS: 2 seconds so 2 points with new rules
DS: ~2cm so 2 points with new rules
BS: (assuming I am able to build the vehicle I plan to build and am able to achieve my goal) .2*(100-20)=16
So then 2+2-16= -12?
Am I missing something?

[unwoundmouse]

I think negative scores are feasible, I know Wheeled Vehicle had negative scores

[Unome]

I don't quite understand the scoring for EV.
With my current vehicle's scores:
TS: 2 seconds so 2 points with new rules
DS: ~2cm so 2 points with new rules
BS: (assuming I am able to build the vehicle I plan to build and am able to achieve my goal) .2*(100-20)=16
So then 2+2-16= -12?
Am I missing something?

Maybe it's 20 points for 2 seconds, 20 points for 2cm, and -16 for bonus, so final score=34. That seems like a more likely weight for the bonus to me.

[retired1]

isn't 20 +20 -16 = 24 and not 34 ?

[windu34]

isn't 20 +20 -16 = 24 and not 34 ?

Yeah that was a typo

[Bazinga+]

I don't quite understand the scoring for EV.
With my current vehicle's scores:
TS: 2 seconds so 2 points with new rules
DS: ~2cm so 2 points with new rules
BS: (assuming I am able to build the vehicle I plan to build and am able to achieve my goal) .2*(100-20)=16
So then 2+2-16= -12?
Am I missing something?

Maybe it's 20 points for 2 seconds, 20 points for 2cm, and -16 for bonus, so final score=34. That seems like a more likely weight for the bonus to me.

Looks like 1 cm is 1 pt, and 1 sec is also 1 pt. I dont think it would make much sense making this bonus equate to 1.6 cm since then it would be far more beneficial to not go for the bonus which would cause accuracy way worse than 2 cm (except at nationals).