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That’s 100 grams and a mousetrap weighs from 60-70 grams. Add the axles, wheels, dowel, and string you get at LEAST 200 grams. Correct me if I’m wrong.
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I'm at around 200 grams, but it's definitely doable in 100.That’s 100 grams and a mousetrap weighs from 60-70 grams. Add the axles, wheels, dowel, and string you get at LEAST 200 grams.
Mousetraps weigh about 40, body can be 10, breaking system 15, 5 grams of front axle + power arm and 40 grams worth of wheels.
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I think everyone "hopes" to get 5 points. User anonymous with 3 posts, seems likely to be trolling.Anonymous1234 wrote:Our team is hoping to get about 5 pointsDarthBuilder wrote:What are scores people are getting as of right now?
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200 is decently easy to achieve. Sub 150 with high accuracy is when things become difficult.DarthBuilder wrote:That’s 100 grams and a mousetrap weighs from 60-70 grams. Add the axles, wheels, dowel, and string you get at LEAST 200 grams. Correct me if I’m wrong.
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Agreed as our team has had difficulty making a light accurate vehicle Not that it's not possible
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mousetraps combined around 50. I'm sure they used large "attachment holes" so maybe 2 more grams or so off.DarthBuilder wrote:That’s 100 grams and a mousetrap weighs from 60-70 grams. Add the axles, wheels, dowel, and string you get at LEAST 200 grams. Correct me if I’m wrong.
100 is possible with maybe a balsa frame. Would need insane craftsmanship to first not break and then to actually be accurate. Could be possible with very minimal frame & localized weights at each wheel.
to get a score of 5 you'd NEED a 0 distance score basically, boggling
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Yes, you could build a very light vehicle, but landing on top of the target point would be sort of like a scoring a hole-in-one in golf. In an actual competition you encounter different surfaces, atmospheric conditions, plastic cups, and you only get two runs. To be able to adjust predictably between runs you need enough wheel tread on the floor and weight in your MTV to have any chance of success.
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SEPA scores released. Harriton won with a 6.44.
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All this talk of ultra-light weight cars makes me miss wheeled vehicle, where you could build the car as heavy as you wanted and just use massive surgical tubes to make it go fast. Those were the days...
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