Curving AND reversing? That sounds...challenging to say the least. If your car moves on a circular arc connecting the start and target points, the cup could end up in all sorts of interesting pages depending on the curvature of the arc. Not to mention a lot of cars seem to change course to some degree when changing direction...Things2do wrote:I'm thinking something along the lines of a curve like Scrambler had with a 5 gallon bucket, in addition to the reverse and stuff from this year.
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bearasauras wrote:Oh! Then you'll do great if the goal is for the vehicle to avoid the target point!
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Re: Rule change for mtv guesses?
I just sent the cup way over the line, and I ran the car so much that I could tell where it would go for both directions. It went between two and three feet to the left for the 300 meter cup line. It went fairly straight on the way back, but it still had enough turn to go back around the obstacle. I was SO glad that there was no penalty for going out of the track... My car is so good (or is that "My competition was so bad..." that the Regions proctor, who found out he was proctoring something 30 minutes before the event started, offered me a third run if I wanted it. I didn't take it. (I figured someone ought follow the rules...Orion66 wrote:Curving AND reversing? That sounds...challenging to say the least. If your car moves on a circular arc connecting the start and target points, the cup could end up in all sorts of interesting pages depending on the curvature of the arc. Not to mention a lot of cars seem to change course to some degree when changing direction...Things2do wrote:I'm thinking something along the lines of a curve like Scrambler had with a 5 gallon bucket, in addition to the reverse and stuff from this year.
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