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How far are your trebuchets best shots, mine is 20m.
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WIcheese wrote:How far are your trebuchets best shots, mine is 20m.
I haven't really been able to know for sure because I don't have a room with an exceptionally high ceiling to try this in, but I can estimate a max to be about 26-29m (with 40g 2.5kg). We shot 21m with 2.35kg and 50.3g at state (which I think was the farthest on the day). I also have one of the best trebs in my state so don't be discouraged.
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Friedoyster3 wrote:
WIcheese wrote:How far are your trebuchets best shots, mine is 20m.
I haven't really been able to know for sure because I don't have a room with an exceptionally high ceiling to try this in, but I can estimate a max to be about 26-29m (with 40g 2.5kg). We shot 21m with 2.35kg and 50.3g at state (which I think was the farthest on the day). I also have one of the best trebs in my state so don't be discouraged.
May I inquire upon your accuracies?
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I can get about a 15cm spread at about 20m
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And you didn't win state? :shock:
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10manwire wrote:And you didn't win state? :shock:
No we underplaced the far target and overplaced the close target. Had we hit the target we would've won.
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Friedoyster3 wrote: No we underplaced the far target and overplaced the close target. Had we hit the target we would've won.
Oh, that's too bad. Good job though! (:
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Our trebuchet got third at Regs. It hit the target once.
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Does anyone know how big the building will be for nationals? Hight and Length?
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WIcheese wrote:Does anyone know how big the building will be for nationals? Hight and Length?
Here is a link to it: http://www.scienceolympiad2012.com/tour ... he-castle/
Doesn't it say the dimensions at the bottom of the page you linked to?
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