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Randomperson11 wrote:Also, is anyone willing to PM me any tests? Any one of them from invitationals, even from last year will help. Thanks a lot.

My study skills are really, really bad.
Check the test exchange.
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antoine_ego wrote:
Randomperson11 wrote:Also, is anyone willing to PM me any tests? Any one of them from invitationals, even from last year will help. Thanks a lot.

My study skills are really, really bad.
Check the test exchange.
Or better yet, just do physics problem from a textbook.
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Checked the test exchange alraedy actually! Also checked all of the invitationals websites at soinc.org, and the 2018 test exchange on scioly.org wiki.

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Randomperson11 wrote:Checked the test exchange alraedy actually! Also checked all of the invitationals websites at soinc.org, and the 2018 test exchange on scioly.org wiki.

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Hovercraft tests are literally tests with physics problems on them. If you want to practice, consider just looking at a physics textbook or searching for problems online. Practice tests for Hovercraft likely give you nothing new.

If you really want a Hovercraft practice test, go to http://scioly.mit.edu/archive/ and look at last year's.
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Adi1008 wrote:
Randomperson11 wrote:Checked the test exchange alraedy actually! Also checked all of the invitationals websites at soinc.org, and the 2018 test exchange on scioly.org wiki.

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Hovercraft tests are literally tests with physics problems on them. If you want to practice, consider just looking at a physics textbook or searching for problems online. Practice tests for Hovercraft likely give you nothing new.

If you really want a Hovercraft practice test, go to http://scioly.mit.edu/archive/ and look at last year's.
If you can, try to see if you can check out an AP Physics 1 textbook for free from your textbook library if your school has one. It's free, and is practical. (The Giancoli 7th AP ed. has loads of practice questions per section)
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QuantumEcho wrote:
Adi1008 wrote:
Randomperson11 wrote:Checked the test exchange alraedy actually! Also checked all of the invitationals websites at soinc.org, and the 2018 test exchange on scioly.org wiki.

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Hovercraft tests are literally tests with physics problems on them. If you want to practice, consider just looking at a physics textbook or searching for problems online. Practice tests for Hovercraft likely give you nothing new.

If you really want a Hovercraft practice test, go to http://scioly.mit.edu/archive/ and look at last year's.
If you can, try to see if you can check out an AP Physics 1 textbook for free from your textbook library if your school has one. It's free, and is practical. (The Giancoli 7th AP ed. has loads of practice questions per section)
Adding on to what QuantumEcho said: if getting a physical textbook isn't possible (or worth the price), you can find PDFs of a lot of them online.
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arv101 wrote:
ftf841 wrote:
arv101 wrote:How close are you guys getting to 15 seconds and how many penny rolls are you using at that time?
We got 7 seconds and 4 pennies at an invitational. Could've gotten a lot closer to 15, but the craft went a lot faster than we predicted.
That's good, which invitational was this?
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ftf841 wrote:
arv101 wrote:
ftf841 wrote: We got 7 seconds and 4 pennies at an invitational. Could've gotten a lot closer to 15, but the craft went a lot faster than we predicted.
That's good, which invitational was this?
Fairfax in Virginia
Just curious (if you don't mind sharing), how was that build score in comparison to others?
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shrewdPanther46 wrote:
ftf841 wrote:
arv101 wrote: That's good, which invitational was this?
Fairfax in Virginia
Just curious (if you don't mind sharing), how was that build score in comparison to others?
Not sure about raw build score, but we placed 4th overall. I did see one team with 4 huge containers for pennies though. That was pretty spook
How many pennies has everyone been able to place on their craft?
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From what I have seen, it isnt rare to have maxed out penny bonus... but most are not at that point yet.
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