Electric Vehicle 2017 event info

[chalker]

To help clarify, here's the general idea in the draft rules (caveat as always that this is from DRAFT rules): There are 2 soup cans place near the mid point of the track (but offset to the side). The team can move one of them to make a gap of a certain width that is offset from the center line of the track. The narrower the gap, the harder it is to get a vehicle to pass through the gap successfully, and hence more bonus points are awarded.

[windu34]

Going to be lots of skinny vehicles this year

[Unome]

Going to be lots of skinny vehicles this year

That'll be fun to see. I wonder how the width would affect precision of turning though.

[windu34]

Going to be lots of skinny vehicles this year

That'll be fun to see. I wonder how the width would affect precision of turning though.

Yeah I think the interesting part will be finding a middle ground.

[unwoundmouse]

Also in the draft rules it mentions 1 second being equivalent to 1 centimeter in points? Is that a mistake or are they reducing the weight of time?

that's the same as before....

Previously wasn't the conversion rate 10 cm = 1 second in points?

[windu34]

Also in the draft rules it mentions 1 second being equivalent to 1 centimeter in points? Is that a mistake or are they reducing the weight of time?

that's the same as before....

Previously wasn't the conversion rate 10 cm = 1 second in points?

oh true

[windu34]

What do you guys think will be the best method to obtain the bonus? Electronic or mechanical steering?
The way I see it, we can either fix the frame of the vehicle to turn or use a servo

[Bazinga+]

What do you guys think will be the best method to obtain the bonus? Electronic or mechanical steering?
The way I see it, we can either fix the frame of the vehicle to turn or use a servo

I think both could potentially work well, but I'm more inclined to go with mechanical, since I don't feel like regular servos will be precise enough unless you design some special set up where the servos are somehow geared and dont have any force applied directly on them.

[windu34]

What do you guys think will be the best method to obtain the bonus? Electronic or mechanical steering?
The way I see it, we can either fix the frame of the vehicle to turn or use a servo

I think both could potentially work well, but I'm more inclined to go with mechanical, since I don't feel like regular servos will be precise enough unless you design some special set up where the servos are somehow geared and dont have any force applied directly on them.

I do think that mechanical would be easier to implement, but is there any benefit to electrical steering?

[windu34]

I don't quite understand the scoring for EV.
With my current vehicle's scores:
TS: 2 seconds so 2 points with new rules
DS: ~2cm so 2 points with new rules
BS: (assuming I am able to build the vehicle I plan to build and am able to achieve my goal) .2*(100-20)=16
So then 2+2-16= -12?
Am I missing something?