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I don't know how gelinas and solon did so poorly, NY posted their scores and gelinas did really good at states!
car malfunction?
I am answering for the Gelinas Battery Buggy team. We don't know what happened to get 30th place, unless all the other buggies were incredibly good.
The final distance was about 7 cm and the time was about 3 seconds. My team can give you more accurate details, but I witnessed it and took photos.
We would love to hear how other teams did who placed.
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car malfunction?
I am answering for the Gelinas Battery Buggy team. We don't know what happened to get 30th place, unless all the other buggies were incredibly good.
The final distance was about 7 cm and the time was about 3 seconds. My team can give you more accurate details, but I witnessed it and took photos.
We would love to hear how other teams did who placed.
Gary Vorwald
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Gelinas Science Olympiad
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Longfellow MS was ranked 9th with a total score of 98.2. The distance was 45 mm and the time was 3.66 seconds.glaciergary wrote:Actually, the distance is probably closer to 10-15 cm.
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Most likely the 10 or so cm that you were off caused the placing, as that's 100 points right there (quite a bit).
I would estimate that the 1st place buggy probably was off by less than 1/2 cm and around 3 seconds or so for 8 or so meters. It was probably very close.
Anyways, do you know what systems the judges used to time? did they use stopwatches? That's probably a poor idea because the 1st and 6 were probably off by very very little.
I would estimate that the 1st place buggy probably was off by less than 1/2 cm and around 3 seconds or so for 8 or so meters. It was probably very close.
Anyways, do you know what systems the judges used to time? did they use stopwatches? That's probably a poor idea because the 1st and 6 were probably off by very very little.
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good point.
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They where a standard sports stopwatchnew horizon wrote:
Anyways, do you know what systems the judges used to time? did they use stopwatches? That's probably a poor idea because the 1st and 6 were probably off by very very little.
Mine was 16cm off to the side
forgot to ask for time though
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They main thing was my laziness at not testing it for straightness after the ride up from texasnew horizon wrote:ouch.... how was it off by that much?
did something go wrong competition day?
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Wait, it became skewed after transporting it? Wow, did you transport it by plane? did the FAA open it up and screw it up so nothing was dangerous?
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It was driven up by one of the families who drove. it is really easy to get a large skew with just a small change so thats what happenednew horizon wrote:Wait, it became skewed after transporting it? Wow, did you transport it by plane? did the FAA open it up and screw it up so nothing was dangerous?
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