Mousetrap Vehicle C

Post by **JasperKota** » March 15th, 2018, 9:20 pm

terence.tan wrote: My distance was 4.5cm and time was around 14 seconds. Score: around 23
Place 7th

cuber wrote: I had an 8 second run time and 1.5cm distance for a score of ~ 9.5 11, which got me 2nd place.

Thanks! And congrats to you both!

seadog · Post by **seadog** » March 16th, 2018, 6:06 am

What was the target distance at the NYS competition. At the New Jersey Competition the winning score was about 12.5 for 3.9 meters. Time of 10.5 seconds and 1 cm of target.

shrewdPanther46 · Post by **shrewdPanther46** » March 16th, 2018, 6:14 am

Hi guys,
I do a vehicle event for division B. I have an "issue" regarding bearings. So we used permanently lubricated bearings for our original vehicle and we were putting up competitive times. When constructing our new vehicle, the only thing we changed was the dimensions and the bearings. We switched to unshielded bearings, and we are lubing ourselves. The speed of our car improved greatly to a point where I doubt anyone competing in the event has a comparable time, but with that, our car has barely any internal resistance and its skidding out of control. We are planning on dumping a lot of weight on the chassis to slow it down and hopefully improve traction. Our car skids during acceleration and then skids a lot as the mechanical stopper engages. Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks!

terence.tan · Post by **terence.tan** » March 16th, 2018, 8:33 am

seadog wrote:What was the target distance at the NYS competition. At the New Jersey Competition the winning score was about 12.5 for 3.9 meters. Time of 10.5 seconds and 1 cm of target.

3.6 meters at NYS

Post by **antoine_ego** » March 16th, 2018, 9:26 am

shrewdPanther46 wrote:Hi guys,
I do a vehicle event for division B. I have an "issue" regarding bearings. So we used permanently lubricated bearings for our original vehicle and we were putting up competitive times. When constructing our new vehicle, the only thing we changed was the dimensions and the bearings. We switched to unshielded bearings, and we are lubing ourselves. The speed of our car improved greatly to a point where I doubt anyone competing in the event has a comparable time, but with that, our car has barely any internal resistance and its skidding out of control. We are planning on dumping a lot of weight on the chassis to slow it down and hopefully improve traction. Our car skids during acceleration and then skids a lot as the mechanical stopper engages. Thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks!

How fast are you going? Could you provide more details as to at what point in the run you're skidding?

shrewdPanther46 · Post by **shrewdPanther46** » March 16th, 2018, 9:55 am

We are covering a 9 meter distance in less than 3 seconds (don't want to reveal exact time for competitive purposes as of now) with our current car, and our new car is even faster. Our old car skids at the end a relatively small amount. Our new car skids at the beginning during acceleration (not easily visible, but you can tell by the path it takes), and it skids a ridiculous amount at the end.

ScottMaurer19 · Post by **ScottMaurer19** » March 16th, 2018, 10:37 am

shrewdPanther46 wrote:We are covering a 9 meter distance in less than 3 seconds (don't want to reveal exact time for competitive purposes as of now) with our current car, and our new car is even faster. Our old car skids at the end a relatively small amount. Our new car skids at the beginning during acceleration (not easily visible, but you can tell by the path it takes), and it skids a ridiculous amount at the end.

Is this for battery buggy or mousetrap? Not sure it's possible to get that fast in mousetrap...

DarthBuilder · Post by **DarthBuilder** » March 16th, 2018, 10:40 am

ScottMaurer19 wrote:
shrewdPanther46 wrote:We are covering a 9 meter distance in less than 3 seconds (don't want to reveal exact time for competitive purposes as of now) with our current car, and our new car is even faster. Our old car skids at the end a relatively small amount. Our new car skids at the beginning during acceleration (not easily visible, but you can tell by the path it takes), and it skids a ridiculous amount at the end.
Is this for battery buggy or mousetrap? Not sure it's possible to get that fast in mousetrap...

Battery Buggy

He’s in div b

ScottMaurer19 · Post by **ScottMaurer19** » March 16th, 2018, 10:41 am

DarthBuilder wrote:
ScottMaurer19 wrote:
shrewdPanther46 wrote:We are covering a 9 meter distance in less than 3 seconds (don't want to reveal exact time for competitive purposes as of now) with our current car, and our new car is even faster. Our old car skids at the end a relatively small amount. Our new car skids at the beginning during acceleration (not easily visible, but you can tell by the path it takes), and it skids a ridiculous amount at the end.
Is this for battery buggy or mousetrap? Not sure it's possible to get that fast in mousetrap...

Battery Buggy

He’s in div b

That's what their profile said, but I figured I'd ask

DarthBuilder · Post by **DarthBuilder** » March 16th, 2018, 10:42 am

No prob

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