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_HenryHscioly_ wrote:I use nuts and get them close to bearing, with about .5mm of space.

What do you think is "rigid"?
I used two 1/4" thick balsa pieces to make my backstop. (much lighter than some piece of lumber)
However, I'm afraid it is too soft?.. I broke two eggs, and now there is a very very slight indent on the backstop. I spread some super glue over that spot, but still...
I know this is not official, just wondering if anyone had any ideas/experience regarding this matter.

I would say you are taking a chance and should ask your coach to run it by someone at the competition. It would really stink to have a good device tiered because of the backstop.

I am going to a competition soon and I was wondering if it is right to inform the proctor about the both of the rule clarification.

Regional proctors are pretty good about keeping up with that. If it effects you (and you're really concerned) I'd have a copy of the page with you, other than that, I wouldn't worry about it.

Speaking of that, I lost the clarification from last year stating that it was OK to use bearings on your car and I can't find it anywhere on the web. Does anybody have a copy they could send me or know where I could get a copy?

Well that was last year so it wouldn't be effective. Was there ever any doubt about bearings?

iwonder wrote:Regional proctors are pretty good about keeping up with that. If it effects you (and you're really concerned) I'd have a copy of the page with you, other than that, I wouldn't worry about it.

More important to make sure they are using the most updated scoring spreadsheet that came out last week.

GoldenKnight1 wrote: More important to make sure they are using the most updated scoring spreadsheet that came out last week.

What is different about it? And where is the correct one?

jacobxc wrote:

GoldenKnight1 wrote: More important to make sure they are using the most updated scoring spreadsheet that came out last week.

What is different about it? And where is the correct one?

There was a bug that would cause the 1st team to sometimes be placed in Tier 2 and formatting with another cell that could Tier 2 teams inadvertently.
It can be found at http://www.soinc.org/scrambler_c and the file is labeled as "....v3" The older version was taken down but a supervisor might have already downloaded the older version.

one of my coaches said I shouldn't use the balsa backstop since it was being dented...
so I just drilled two holes for where the two horizontal wooden dowels are, on a birch 1/64" plywood, and glue that onto the front face of the backstop. It is probably now just over 1/2"...but it should be pretty much the same. As mentioned before, they stated no uncertainty for thickness, and many products we can buy as 1/2" are not really 1/2", so mine 1/64" thicker should be as close, if not closer to 1/2" than normal plywood from hardware store.

_HenryHscioly_ wrote:one of my coaches said I shouldn't use the balsa backstop since it was being dented...
so I just drilled two holes for where the two horizontal wooden dowels are, on a birch 1/64" plywood, and glue that onto the front face of the backstop. It is probably now just over 1/2"...but it should be pretty much the same. As mentioned before, they stated no uncertainty for thickness, and many products we can buy as 1/2" are not really 1/2", so mine 1/64" thicker should be as close, if not closer to 1/2" than normal plywood from hardware store.

Basswood would have been lighter