Springs?
Springs?
Springs should preserve the energy of the falling mass and allow it to be transferred more smoothly, but this comes at the cost of losing energy. This wiki says that the usage springs can achieve fast (if not wild) launches. Would a material like a string not be better, seeing as you would not be losing energy from the spring? Or is the drop height short enough that such losses could be excused since without a way to store the energy, the mass would hit the ground before all energy was released?
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Re: Springs?
The rules sheet says that the energy used to propel the car can only come from the hanging mass, can we use mini bunjee cords or other springs that will increase the possible energy to the cart?
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Re: Springs?
Rules section 3h covers this
So yes, you can use the weight to add energy to a spring which will release it quickly than the falling weight alone, as long as the spring is not storing energy at the start before the weight drops.Conversion of the falling mass’ gravitational potential energy is permissible, but any additional sources
of kinetic energy must be in their lowest energy state in the ready-to-run configuration. Pre-loaded
energy storage devices may be used to operate other Scrambler functions (e.g., braking system) as long
as they do not provide kinetic energy to propel the Vehicle.
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