Requirements next year?
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Requirements next year?
Does anyone actually know what the towers requirements will be next year? I can't find anything on towers for 2012, and it seemed appropriate to start this since I want to be able to build over the summer.
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Re: Requirements next year?
I don't think the requirements are available until next school year, as in, no one knows what the new specifications are until the official rule books are released.havenguy wrote:Does anyone actually know what the towers requirements will be next year? I can't find anything on towers for 2012, and it seemed appropriate to start this since I want to be able to build over the summer.
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Yeah, I heard something about height being thrown in as a new variable for next year?
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Re: Requirements next year?
I heard that too...although there's got to be a maximum or something and the scoring will be a big decision maker as well..lighter or taller?havenguy wrote:Yeah, I heard something about height being thrown in as a new variable for next year?
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Re: Requirements next year?
I think you would just have to balance it between height, balance and weight held.
I'd prefer that though, so the same designs don't win every year.
I'd prefer that though, so the same designs don't win every year.
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Re: Requirements next year?
Why did you divide the weight by 2?
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Re: Requirements next year?
If that were so, then you would want the shorter height, wouldn't you?Littleboy wrote:score=mass held^2 (in kg)÷(height [in cm] + weight [in g] ÷2)
that would be a good scoring for the height
For example, a tower that is 50 cm and weighs 10 grams holds 15kg-->
15^2/((50+10)/2)--> score of 7.5
as opposed to a tower that is 40 cm and weighs 10 grams holds 15kg-->
15^2/((40+10)/2)--> score of 9
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Re: Requirements next year?
How about: score=mass held*height/10/weight? (* stands for multiply)
Therefor, a 10 gram tower that holds 15 kg that is 50 cm tall would be a score of 7.5
A 5 gram tower that holds 15 kg that is 50 cm tall would be a score of 15.
Therefor, a 10 gram tower that holds 15 kg that is 50 cm tall would be a score of 7.5
A 5 gram tower that holds 15 kg that is 50 cm tall would be a score of 15.
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