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BDake wrote:

chalker wrote:

Ashernoel wrote: The track is just going to change the coefficient of friction. If you test on a track with a different coefficient of friction, which we probably all will because we can't know 100% how he made the track, what the rails were and all the stuff that effects it, you just have to know how to account for different coefficients of friction in your math and calculations. Its a physics event after all ..

It also makes it the most fair if we are kept in the dark about the track until we have to run it. Every team that either checks the forum or not will be on the exact same page

Exactly this ^. I couldn't have said it better.

Lesson learned from States this weekend - just when you think you'd tested as many surfaces you can anticipate for the track, plywood shows up - would have never guessed this to be a possible surface, and cost us dearly. Others clearly pulled it off, so wasn't impossible by any stretch - just circles back to all the real world comments and advice in this forum to be as prepared as possible for variables in the events.

0ddrenaline wrote:

BDake wrote:

chalker wrote:
Exactly this ^. I couldn't have said it better.

Lesson learned from States this weekend - just when you think you'd tested as many surfaces you can anticipate for the track, plywood shows up - would have never guessed this to be a possible surface, and cost us dearly. Others clearly pulled it off, so wasn't impossible by any stretch - just circles back to all the real world comments and advice in this forum to be as prepared as possible for variables in the events.

The plywood got us too. For some reason, the hovercraft stopped in the middle of the track on every run. Strange thing, in Michigan: Our middle school had a 1950g craft, was 5 seconds off of 25, and I know they did a decent job on the test. Yet, they didn't place (top 8). Must be really competitive...

BDake wrote:

chalker wrote:

Ashernoel wrote: The track is just going to change the coefficient of friction. If you test on a track with a different coefficient of friction, which we probably all will because we can't know 100% how he made the track, what the rails were and all the stuff that effects it, you just have to know how to account for different coefficients of friction in your math and calculations. Its a physics event after all ..

It also makes it the most fair if we are kept in the dark about the track until we have to run it. Every team that either checks the forum or not will be on the exact same page

Exactly this ^. I couldn't have said it better.

Lesson learned from States this weekend - just when you think you'd tested as many surfaces you can anticipate for the track, plywood shows up - would have never guessed this to be a possible surface, and cost us dearly. Others clearly pulled it off, so wasn't impossible by any stretch - just circles back to all the real world comments and advice in this forum to be as prepared as possible for variables in the events.

0ddrenaline wrote:

BDake wrote:

chalker wrote:
Exactly this ^. I couldn't have said it better.

Lesson learned from States this weekend - just when you think you'd tested as many surfaces you can anticipate for the track, plywood shows up - would have never guessed this to be a possible surface, and cost us dearly. Others clearly pulled it off, so wasn't impossible by any stretch - just circles back to all the real world comments and advice in this forum to be as prepared as possible for variables in the events.

The plywood got us too. For some reason, the hovercraft stopped in the middle of the track on every run. Strange thing, in Michigan: Our middle school had a 1950g craft, was 5 seconds off of 25, and I know they did a decent job on the test. Yet, they didn't place (top 8). In the past, very few teams were able to get near 25 seconds. Must be really competitive now...

MIScioly1 wrote:

0ddrenaline wrote:

BDake wrote:
Lesson learned from States this weekend - just when you think you'd tested as many surfaces you can anticipate for the track, plywood shows up - would have never guessed this to be a possible surface, and cost us dearly. Others clearly pulled it off, so wasn't impossible by any stretch - just circles back to all the real world comments and advice in this forum to be as prepared as possible for variables in the events.

The plywood got us too. For some reason, the hovercraft stopped in the middle of the track on every run. Strange thing, in Michigan: Our middle school had a 1950g craft, was 5 seconds off of 25, and I know they did a decent job on the test. Yet, they didn't place (top 8). In the past, very few teams were able to get near 25 seconds. Must be really competitive now...

The Hovercraft track was certainly not ideal. The middle of our track had increased friction as well. We were able to get a 20 second run in, however, and I thought the test was very easy. We ended up getting 3rd in the State - our Hovercraft was 1970g.

Unome wrote:

MIScioly1 wrote:

0ddrenaline wrote: The plywood got us too. For some reason, the hovercraft stopped in the middle of the track on every run. Strange thing, in Michigan: Our middle school had a 1950g craft, was 5 seconds off of 25, and I know they did a decent job on the test. Yet, they didn't place (top 8). In the past, very few teams were able to get near 25 seconds. Must be really competitive now...

The Hovercraft track was certainly not ideal. The middle of our track had increased friction as well. We were able to get a 20 second run in, however, and I thought the test was very easy. We ended up getting 3rd in the State - our Hovercraft was 1970g.

One off of the greatest streak ever

Ashernoel wrote:

Unome wrote:

MIScioly1 wrote:
The Hovercraft track was certainly not ideal. The middle of our track had increased friction as well. We were able to get a 20 second run in, however, and I thought the test was very easy. We ended up getting 3rd in the State - our Hovercraft was 1970g.

One off of the greatest streak ever

maybe if it had been 1999 it would complete the 2/2/2/2 streak

Ashernoel wrote:

0ddrenaline wrote:

BDake wrote:
Lesson learned from States this weekend - just when you think you'd tested as many surfaces you can anticipate for the track, plywood shows up - would have never guessed this to be a possible surface, and cost us dearly. Others clearly pulled it off, so wasn't impossible by any stretch - just circles back to all the real world comments and advice in this forum to be as prepared as possible for variables in the events.

The plywood got us too. For some reason, the hovercraft stopped in the middle of the track on every run. Strange thing, in Michigan: Our middle school had a 1950g craft, was 5 seconds off of 25, and I know they did a decent job on the test. Yet, they didn't place (top 8). Must be really competitive...

thats funny we got almost no points on the testing portion and somehow ended up fifth xD

Unome wrote:

MIScioly1 wrote:

0ddrenaline wrote: The plywood got us too. For some reason, the hovercraft stopped in the middle of the track on every run. Strange thing, in Michigan: Our middle school had a 1950g craft, was 5 seconds off of 25, and I know they did a decent job on the test. Yet, they didn't place (top 8). In the past, very few teams were able to get near 25 seconds. Must be really competitive now...

The Hovercraft track was certainly not ideal. The middle of our track had increased friction as well. We were able to get a 20 second run in, however, and I thought the test was very easy. We ended up getting 3rd in the State - our Hovercraft was 1970g.

One off of the greatest streak ever