I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.Bazinga+ wrote: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.markuswso17 wrote: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?
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Smashing cans is pretty risky though. Hope I get to see itGoldDigger wrote:I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.Bazinga+ wrote: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.markuswso17 wrote: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?
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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.GoldDigger wrote:I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.Bazinga+ wrote: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.markuswso17 wrote: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?
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Is this Mentor? For the record, at OH states they were no longer the only team splitting the cans.Bazinga+ wrote: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.GoldDigger wrote:I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.Bazinga+ wrote: 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.
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How many teams in Ohio split through the cans and how successful were they?4Head wrote:Is this Mentor? For the record, at OH states they were no longer the only team splitting the cans.Bazinga+ wrote: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.GoldDigger wrote: I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy who is getting a 2cm bonus.
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As far as I know, nobody is going for splitting the cans because it adds too much error for it to be worth it.markuswso17 wrote:How many teams in Ohio split through the cans and how successful were they?4Head wrote:Is this Mentor? For the record, at OH states they were no longer the only team splitting the cans.Bazinga+ wrote: 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.
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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.Bazinga+ wrote:As far as I know, nobody is going for splitting the cans because it adds too much error for it to be worth it.markuswso17 wrote:How many teams in Ohio split through the cans and how successful were they?4Head wrote: Is this Mentor? For the record, at OH states they were no longer the only team splitting the cans.
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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.
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What was the average distance you were from the target and how consistent was it?MIScioly1 wrote: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.
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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 wrote:What was the average distance you were from the target and how consistent was it?MIScioly1 wrote: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.
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