Storm the Castle B

[chalker]

Rule 3.e is the "energy rule", which has often been a source of confusion and clarifications. This year the rules explicitly mention that we'll have more details of it on soinc.org. We've just posted the "Storm the Castle Energy Rule Tip Sheet for 2012" to the Storm the Castle event page(http://soinc.org/storm_the_castle_b), which provides such details.

If someone has some spare time, it might be helpful to add this to the wiki.

[dapple12345]

O my god! storm the castle is my favorite event im mad that the trebuchet has to b so small, but it is still fun

[JSGandora]

lol, oops. Sorry, but I can't find the distances in any of the links he provided?

FYI, it you are looking at the distances from last year to use as some sort of goal for this year, I wouldn't. We changed enough things in the rules to make it likely that the distances will all be shorter.

I'm not doing StC this year because I'm in Div C now, I just wanted to know what the winners had.

[fostecblitz]

the size requirements are 65 cm cubed just to let you know

[fostecblitz]

O my god! storm the castle is my favorite event im mad that the trebuchet has to b so small, but it is still fun

[vickyk]

Hi! I am not sure how to do this as it is my first post. Can anyone guide me on the treb distance? Since the room is not guaranteed to be any larger than 12 m, should we try to make a treb that shoots 12 m, or is there an advantage to shooting a good bit further if possible? Thanks!

[JSGandora]

Wait, do the rules state that the room is not guaranteed to be any larger than 12 m? If it does, I would assume that event coordinators will have larger rooms because 12 meters isn't that long.

[chalker]

Hi! I am not sure how to do this as it is my first post. Can anyone guide me on the treb distance? Since the room is not guaranteed to be any larger than 12 m, should we try to make a treb that shoots 12 m, or is there an advantage to shooting a good bit further if possible? Thanks!

There's nothing in the official rules that says anything about a guaranteed room size, let along mentions 12M. Perhaps you've gotten some tournament specific guidance somehow? Regardless, you should pay close attention to rule 5.a.ii. If the projectile hits the far wall, the supervisor estimates the height up the wall and adds that to the distance from the wall to the target. Thus you don't want to 'overshoot' the room, since you'll get a worse score.

[wlsguy]

This is where it helps to know your competition sites.
If they have a small gym, be ready to make some adjustments.

Also; a HS basketball court is ~ 28m so, hopefully, competitions will strive to have at least 25m available.
12m seems a little small. (like shooting across a basketball court).

ps. the 12m is from the North Carolina website. This is a State Specific clarification. http://www.sciencenc.com/event-help/stormthecastle.php

[vickyk]

Yes, it is from the NC site where I got the 12m. Does anyone have a guestimate about how far a 65 cm treb is likely to shoot optimally?