Electric Vehicle C

[GoldDigger]

What do you guys think top 3 National scores will be? Also what diy up think is the width of the thinnest vehicle at nationals?

I know somebody who has a very successful vehicle which is around 4cm thick (I think they go for a 6-7 cm bonus). Expecting them to win first with about -18 or -19 score, and 2nd and 3rd to be around -15 or -16.

I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.

[windu34]

What do you guys think top 3 National scores will be? Also what diy up think is the width of the thinnest vehicle at nationals?

I know somebody who has a very successful vehicle which is around 4cm thick (I think they go for a 6-7 cm bonus). Expecting them to win first with about -18 or -19 score, and 2nd and 3rd to be around -15 or -16.

I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.

Smashing cans is pretty risky though. Hope I get to see it

[Bazinga+]

What do you guys think top 3 National scores will be? Also what diy up think is the width of the thinnest vehicle at nationals?

I know somebody who has a very successful vehicle which is around 4cm thick (I think they go for a 6-7 cm bonus). Expecting them to win first with about -18 or -19 score, and 2nd and 3rd to be around -15 or -16.

I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.

Oh yeah I know who you're talking about. However they do it by smashing the cans, which, as windu mentioned, is risky and depends on the cans' weight. Also the team you're talking about isn't getting very good accuracy, so scores around -16 at best.

[4Head]

I know somebody who has a very successful vehicle which is around 4cm thick (I think they go for a 6-7 cm bonus). Expecting them to win first with about -18 or -19 score, and 2nd and 3rd to be around -15 or -16.

I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.

Oh yeah I know who you're talking about. However they do it by smashing the cans, which, as windu mentioned, is risky and depends on the cans' weight. Also the team you're talking about isn't getting very good accuracy, so scores around -16 at best.

Is this Mentor? For the record, at OH states they were no longer the only team splitting the cans.

[markuswso17]

I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.

Oh yeah I know who you're talking about. However they do it by smashing the cans, which, as windu mentioned, is risky and depends on the cans' weight. Also the team you're talking about isn't getting very good accuracy, so scores around -16 at best.

Is this Mentor? For the record, at OH states they were no longer the only team splitting the cans.

How many teams in Ohio split through the cans and how successful were they?

[Bazinga+]

Oh yeah I know who you're talking about. However they do it by smashing the cans, which, as windu mentioned, is risky and depends on the cans' weight. Also the team you're talking about isn't getting very good accuracy, so scores around -16 at best.

Is this Mentor? For the record, at OH states they were no longer the only team splitting the cans.

How many teams in Ohio split through the cans and how successful were they?

As far as I know, nobody is going for splitting the cans because it adds too much error for it to be worth it.

[4Head]

Is this Mentor? For the record, at OH states they were no longer the only team splitting the cans.

How many teams in Ohio split through the cans and how successful were they?

As far as I know, nobody is going for splitting the cans because it adds too much error for it to be worth it.

I think that's what will happen as well, Mason had a crazy good run at states without splitting, so it's evident that bonus is not a huge factor when teams are close.

[MIScioly1]

My team was successful in splitting cans, but unfortunately, at States we hit the photogate timers at the 0.5m mark because our vehicle turned first and then went straight. While our team went back later to test without the photogate timers and was very successful, we were only able to get participation points (which meant a 50th place) because we couldn't fix the issue within the 8 minutes. We were consistently getting scores of -10 to -15 at our high school.

[markuswso17]

My team was successful in splitting cans, but unfortunately, at States we hit the photogate timers at the 0.5m mark because our vehicle turned first and then went straight. While our team went back later to test without the photogate timers and was very successful, we were only able to get participation points (which meant a 50th place) because we couldn't fix the issue within the 8 minutes. We were consistently getting scores of -10 to -15 at our high school.

What was the average distance you were from the target and how consistent was it?

[MIScioly1]

My team was successful in splitting cans, but unfortunately, at States we hit the photogate timers at the 0.5m mark because our vehicle turned first and then went straight. While our team went back later to test without the photogate timers and was very successful, we were only able to get participation points (which meant a 50th place) because we couldn't fix the issue within the 8 minutes. We were consistently getting scores of -10 to -15 at our high school.

What was the average distance you were from the target and how consistent was it?

We usually ended up about 5cm or less away from the target, and it was quite consistent. It was really unfortunate when we only got participation points at states, because the people who built it worked tirelessly on it - I think it would've been pretty much a guaranteed 1st if the photogate timers were 5cm further apart.

[markuswso17]

My team was successful in splitting cans, but unfortunately, at States we hit the photogate timers at the 0.5m mark because our vehicle turned first and then went straight. While our team went back later to test without the photogate timers and was very successful, we were only able to get participation points (which meant a 50th place) because we couldn't fix the issue within the 8 minutes. We were consistently getting scores of -10 to -15 at our high school.

What was the average distance you were from the target and how consistent was it?

We usually ended up about 5cm or less away from the target, and it was quite consistent. It was really unfortunate when we only got participation points at states, because the people who built it worked tirelessly on it - I think it would've been pretty much a guaranteed 1st if the photogate timers were 5cm further apart.

Did you go to any invitationals?

[MIScioly1]

What was the average distance you were from the target and how consistent was it?

We usually ended up about 5cm or less away from the target, and it was quite consistent. It was really unfortunate when we only got participation points at states, because the people who built it worked tirelessly on it - I think it would've been pretty much a guaranteed 1st if the photogate timers were 5cm further apart.

Did you go to any invitationals?

Yes but we built a new vehicle after regionals because the initial one was very inconsistent. None of the invitational competitions used photogate timers either. We had 6 weeks between regionals and states so we had plenty of time.

[Bazinga+]

Anyone know how many vehicles utilized a caliper for steering at Nationals?

[4Head]

Anyone know how many vehicles utilized a caliper for steering at Nationals?

All of them.

[markuswso17]

What are some interesting design ideas you thought of this year? I know some attempted to plow between the cans, and there was a joke about stacking the cans and sorting it with a specially shaped plow so you would have a negative can bonus. What other interesting methods were there?