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by scandium21
March 6th, 2020, 10:28 am
Forum: Wright Stuff C
Topic: Wright Stuff C
Replies: 887
Views: 185471

Re: Wright Stuff C

Would it be a violation of the spirit of the competition to build a Wright Stuff plane that is simply a ball and a rubber band. Our JV team is in a little bit of a pickle and does not have a good plane for regionals tomorrow. Could we throw together an 8 gram ball and chuck it as high as possible ...
by scandium21
March 1st, 2020, 12:58 pm
Forum: Boomilever B/C
Topic: Boomilever B/C
Replies: 357
Views: 95061

Re: Boomilever B/C

Hey guys, I built a boomilever that I was hoping would hold 12 to 15 kg, but it failed at 8kg in tension. I was using 3/32 basswood tension sticks, which I used last season to good results. The break was clean in tension close to the hook connection. Why did they break so early? Could it be that ...
by scandium21
February 27th, 2019, 6:24 pm
Forum: 2019 Lab Events
Topic: Chemistry Lab C
Replies: 39
Views: 24446

Re: Chemistry Lab C

I heard the university where regionals is held has very limited lab space,(a hurricane destroyed one of the buildings) and they couldn't get a spot for it. Also, thanks for the magnetism help!
by scandium21
February 25th, 2019, 7:04 pm
Forum: 2019 Lab Events
Topic: Chemistry Lab C
Replies: 39
Views: 24446

Re: Chemistry Lab C

Hey guys, I am trying to kickstart this forum, while also asking a question:
What kind of labs will we see in Chem Lab this year? Titrations?
Thanks,
Scandium

Titrations are the usual ones, but creation of buffer is also possible.

So I just got told by my coach (who was told by the regionals ...
by scandium21
February 23rd, 2019, 7:31 am
Forum: 2019 Lab Events
Topic: Chemistry Lab C
Replies: 39
Views: 24446

Re: Chemistry Lab C

Hey guys, I am trying to kickstart this forum, while also asking a question:
What kind of labs will we see in Chem Lab this year? Titrations?
Thanks,
Scandium
by scandium21
January 22nd, 2019, 8:45 am
Forum: Thermodynamics B/C
Topic: Thermodynamics B/C Build
Replies: 255
Views: 75130

Re: Thermodynamics B/C Build

Hey guys, I am new to this event and forum and was wondering if my building ideas are feasible:
I was thinking of buying a Styrofoam box and filling it with spray polyurethane foam from a can ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UOCEUA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 ) .
The box ...

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