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Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: December 19th, 2019, 6:00 pm
by jaggie34
will0416 wrote: December 19th, 2019, 2:04 pm What times do y'all think will end up being top-tier at nats this year (just setting like a standard ceiling height of 20 ft as an example)?
I get the feeling that top times for most competitions later in the season will be a few seconds more than the height of the gym, i.e. a 20ft ceiling having a 22-24 second top time

Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: December 20th, 2019, 9:50 am
by Unome
jaggie34 wrote: December 19th, 2019, 6:00 pm
will0416 wrote: December 19th, 2019, 2:04 pm What times do y'all think will end up being top-tier at nats this year (just setting like a standard ceiling height of 20 ft as an example)?
I get the feeling that top times for most competitions later in the season will be a few seconds more than the height of the gym, i.e. a 20ft ceiling having a 22-24 second top time
This is my impression as well. I've already seen flights in the range of 1 ft/sec or so at tournaments earlier this year.

Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: December 20th, 2019, 2:23 pm
by xiangyu
Unome wrote: December 20th, 2019, 9:50 am
jaggie34 wrote: December 19th, 2019, 6:00 pm
will0416 wrote: December 19th, 2019, 2:04 pm What times do y'all think will end up being top-tier at nats this year (just setting like a standard ceiling height of 20 ft as an example)?
I get the feeling that top times for most competitions later in the season will be a few seconds more than the height of the gym, i.e. a 20ft ceiling having a 22-24 second top time
This is my impression as well. I've already seen flights in the range of 1 ft/sec or so at tournaments earlier this year.
Wow that sounds really impressive. Can't wait to see one of those...

Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: December 22nd, 2019, 12:42 pm
by Hartman
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What times do y'all think will end up being top-tier at nats this year (just setting like a standard ceiling height of 20 ft as an example)?
I get the feeling that top times for most competitions later in the season will be a few seconds more than the height of the gym, i.e. a 20ft ceiling having a 22-24 second top time
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This is my impression as well. I've already seen flights in the range of 1 ft/sec or so at tournaments earlier this year.
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Wow that sounds really impressive. Can't wait to see one of those...
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I already saw it... but it was one of the div B people with their parachute. 21 sec in a 20 foot gym.

Never have I felt so bad in my life. :cry:

Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: December 22nd, 2019, 12:46 pm
by xiangyu
Hartman wrote: December 22nd, 2019, 12:42 pm
I already saw it... but it was one of the div B people with their parachute. 21 sec in a 20 foot gym.

Never have I felt so bad in my life. :cry:
Wow. Were they using a traditional circular parachute set up or was it something else crazy?

Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: December 22nd, 2019, 1:20 pm
by lavarball
idk if it’s just me or will 1ft/sec possibly not even be top 10 nats

Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: December 22nd, 2019, 1:49 pm
by sciolyperson1
lavarball wrote: December 22nd, 2019, 1:20 pm idk if it’s just me or will 1ft/sec possibly not even be top 10 nats
Most likely will, depends on the height of the gym they use for nats though. I'd estimate around 1.3 or 1.4sec/ft for first place.
A lot of the launching is highly dependent on the launcher itself, in practice we'd get upwards of 1.2sec/ft, but at competition not nearly as much due to the difference in psi throughout different launchers.

Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: December 24th, 2019, 12:04 pm
by Hartman
xiangyu wrote:
Wow. Were they using a traditional circular parachute set up or was it something else crazy?
They were using an octagon iirc. but the parachute was big. something like 11-12 inches in radius

Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: December 24th, 2019, 12:16 pm
by xiangyu
Hartman wrote: December 24th, 2019, 12:04 pm
xiangyu wrote:
Wow. Were they using a traditional circular parachute set up or was it something else crazy?
They were using an octagon iirc. but the parachute was big. something like 11-12 inches in radius
Huh, interesting.

Re: Times and sec/ft

Posted: January 7th, 2020, 7:31 pm
by builderguy135
NJ regional competition (UCC) 5th place was 4.4 seconds. Ceiling height was ~20 feet