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Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: November 9th, 2010, 12:52 pm
by Flavorflav
Jocool wrote:a test for MagLev? i don't think so.
That's because you are in division B.

Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 1:12 pm
by stupid_man
I lost my rules for B division MagLev vehicle. (2010) :( Just one question, what is the maximum hight and width (if there is one) of the vehicle? Thanks a bunch.

Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: November 29th, 2010, 1:27 pm
by quizbowl
New York 2011 Division B rules ^^^^^
if you just looked at the top of the page

Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 1:50 pm
by Primate
Anyone have suggestions for propellors?

Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 3:30 pm
by Jocool
Jocool wrote:i would use plastic propellers. You should bring your own pencils, but the judge will usually have one just in case.
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Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: December 2nd, 2010, 9:40 pm
by Primate
Jocool wrote:
Jocool wrote:i would use plastic propellers. You should bring your own pencils, but the judge will usually have one just in case.
this
Right, I was hoping for a little more detail :P. There's a lot of plastic propellers out there, and anything aerodynamics is way over my head.

Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: December 3rd, 2010, 3:04 am
by Flavorflav
We're trying to experiment now but the propellers we have don't all have the same hub size, which is slowing us down quite a bit.

Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: December 3rd, 2010, 8:32 pm
by Jocool
I would use three blade plastic propellers, and try to glue more plastic pieces to them to increase surface area.

Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: December 6th, 2010, 8:01 pm
by Primate
The cheap little 2" plastic props seem woefully inadequate for accomplishing anything useful. Speaking of which, anyone have a reliable method of attaching a prop to a shaft that's too small? I tried some adhesive stuff that seems to be holding, but it probably wouldn't survive transportation.

Re: MagLev Vehicle B/C

Posted: December 15th, 2010, 4:15 am
by Flavorflav
I haven't tried it yet, but I think you could do it with some rubber tubing that just fits over your axle. It's elastic, so it wouldn't have to fit perfectly.

Where did you get your cheap plastic props?