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Re: Efficiencies
Just back from States and the team did well, Gold in Div. B, with a score of 40.69. Tower weighed 5.53g and held 15kg. Team did not make Nationals so all we have left is the Tower Burning party with all of our test towers.
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Re: Efficiencies
Very classyS4BB wrote:Just back from States and the team did well, Gold in Div. B, with a score of 40.69. Tower weighed 5.53g and held 15kg. Team did not make Nationals so all we have left is the Tower Burning party with all of our test towers.
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Re: Efficiencies
How do you think an efficiency of 15-20 compares for PA states?
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Re: Efficiencies
I'd say that (efficiency of 15-20) would probably score in the 20's, maybe the upper teens if you're lucky. I expect B and C winning scores to be in the upper 30s, with a possibility of low 40s.
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Re: Efficiencies
I got 3rd at Illinois state with an efficiency of 26.6.
2011 Season Events~
Fossils (Regionals ~1st) (State ~6th)
Towers (Regionals ~1st) (State ~3rd)
Helicopter (Regionals -3rd gahhh) (State ~5th)
Wind Power (Regionals ~1st) (State ~3rd TIERED!)
Hooray for getting everything i wanted?
Fossils (Regionals ~1st) (State ~6th)
Towers (Regionals ~1st) (State ~3rd)
Helicopter (Regionals -3rd gahhh) (State ~5th)
Wind Power (Regionals ~1st) (State ~3rd TIERED!)
Hooray for getting everything i wanted?
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Re: Efficiencies
I'm sorry, but I find this very hard to believe. I don't know what efficiencies you are getting, but at our regionals we got 4th in that event with a terrible tower (efficiency of 7.5AlphaTauri wrote:I'd say that (efficiency of 15-20) would probably score in the 20's, maybe the upper teens if you're lucky. I expect B and C winning scores to be in the upper 30s, with a possibility of low 40s.
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2016 States Results:
Invasive Species: 1st
Dynamic Planet: 1st
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Anatomy: 6th
Team Place: 4th
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2016 States Results:
Invasive Species: 1st
Dynamic Planet: 1st
Disease Detectives: 5th
Anatomy: 6th
Team Place: 4th
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Re: Efficiencies
I don't know about PA but what alphatauri said is pretty much true for Michigan and everywhere else I've heard of.havenguy wrote:I'm sorry, but I find this very hard to believe. I don't know what efficiencies you are getting, but at our regionals we got 4th in that event with a terrible tower (efficiency of 7.5AlphaTauri wrote:I'd say that (efficiency of 15-20) would probably score in the 20's, maybe the upper teens if you're lucky. I expect B and C winning scores to be in the upper 30s, with a possibility of low 40s.). We have improved our best tower design to about 16, and are hoping to improve it another 1-4 points.
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Re: Efficiencies
I haven't been to a states competition where towers is an event yet, but I find it hard to believe that more than 20 teams will get an efficiency higher than 20. Maybe this is just because of our 4th place with a low efficiency at regionals, but I feel like an efficiency of 15-20 would get a PA team at least top 15.lucwilder42 wrote:I don't know about PA but what alphatauri said is pretty much true for Michigan and everywhere else I've heard of.havenguy wrote:I'm sorry, but I find this very hard to believe. I don't know what efficiencies you are getting, but at our regionals we got 4th in that event with a terrible tower (efficiency of 7.5AlphaTauri wrote:I'd say that (efficiency of 15-20) would probably score in the 20's, maybe the upper teens if you're lucky. I expect B and C winning scores to be in the upper 30s, with a possibility of low 40s.). We have improved our best tower design to about 16, and are hoping to improve it another 1-4 points.
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