Competitive Times for Nationals
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Re: Competitive Times for Nationals
Idk rn about our BB.
We are at 4.53 seconds, with a consistent <4 cm away first run, and < 1cm away second. Any faster, we might have to compensate for skid.
We are at 4.53 seconds, with a consistent <4 cm away first run, and < 1cm away second. Any faster, we might have to compensate for skid.
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My partner and I are redoing some measurements, but we have a 3 second car and we average <7 cm 1st run, <=3 cm second. It isn't as consistent as we would like it to be after some unfortunate events but yea. Work in progress still, but we believe/hope we can cement it to <2 cm every time. How do you think scores like that would fare in competition?
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I think that is top 12 for sure but I haven’t been keeping up with battery buggy as much. But it sounds pretty good. If you get it less than 1 cm I’m sure that may be a possible medal.shrewdPanther46 wrote:My partner and I are redoing some measurements, but we have a 3 second car and we average <7 cm 1st run, <=3 cm second. It isn't as consistent as we would like it to be after some unfortunate events but yea. Work in progress still, but we believe/hope we can cement it to <2 cm every time. How do you think scores like that would fare in competition?
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Yeah that should probably be top 15, and with some luck I think that could medal.
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Based on predictions that under 5 cm is top 10 or 15, I've decided to test to get every 10cm mark within a half cm, and if it's in between take an average of the wingnut turns
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You shouldnt need to test every 10cm mark. Every 50cm should be plenty sufficient and obtain you the same amount of accuracy by using a linear regression to find marks in betweenM017 wrote:Based on predictions that under 5 cm is top 10 or 15, I've decided to test to get every 10cm mark within a half cm, and if it's in between take an average of the wingnut turns
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Yeah we do that, and then use siri to pick a random number between 900 and 1200 and do those just for practice.windu34 wrote:You shouldnt need to test every 10cm mark. Every 50cm should be plenty sufficient and obtain you the same amount of accuracy by using a linear regression to find marks in betweenM017 wrote:Based on predictions that under 5 cm is top 10 or 15, I've decided to test to get every 10cm mark within a half cm, and if it's in between take an average of the wingnut turns
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As long as, you can get to a few points consistently, a linear regression should be able to figure out the rest of the possible distances.
Also, asking siri is actually ingenious, even though it's hilarious at the same time.
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While this is a cool idea, it is probably more beneficial to pick points yourself that you think your vehicle may struggle with. I always picked a close point (9.0-9.3m) and a far point (11.7-12.0m) whenever I finished implementing something new on my device because if the device performs well at the extremes, it will perform well in the middle and this method saves a lot more timehippo9 wrote:As long as, you can get to a few points consistently, a linear regression should be able to figure out the rest of the possible distances.
Also, asking siri is actually ingenious, even though it's hilarious at the same time.
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Re: Competitive Times for Nationals
yea that same 30 cm interval at each extreme is kinda sketchy for us even w/our current car
the closer one gives us more consistency issues than the farther one. The farther one is more an issue w/alignment (we dont use a rifle scope, we just line up some stuff)
the closer one gives us more consistency issues than the farther one. The farther one is more an issue w/alignment (we dont use a rifle scope, we just line up some stuff)
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