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For those of y'all flying to competitions, I would highly suggest putting your missions inside a suitcase, not a cardboard box. It seems like the TSA is a lot less forgiving to things in boxes- our B team had their mission taken apart on the way to and from wright state, presumably because it was packed in a questionable-looking cardboard box. We're talking jug ripped off, wires strewn about, and "TSA inspected" tape everywhere, to add insult to injury. It was a mess to put that thing back together the night before. The A team had no such problems, by simply putting the box into a suitcase. I guess that's what happens when the nature of the device makes it look like a bomb....

Practice starting your machine so you don't miss.... (like i may or may not have done at state last year... whoops)

Anyone else have competitions canceled or rescheduled due to bad weather? Our regional was scheduled for Mar. 7, but rescheduled for Mar. 21 at a different region in the state. I think another regional had to be rescheduled from Feb. 28 to Mar. 21. Its been a real winter for us and I can imagine worse for others.

goodcheer wrote:Anyone else have competitions canceled or rescheduled due to bad weather? Our regional was scheduled for Mar. 7, but rescheduled for Mar. 21 at a different region in the state. I think another regional had to be rescheduled from Feb. 28 to Mar. 21. Its been a real winter for us and I can imagine worse for others.

I don't think this is the right topic for this, but I'll still respond. Arkansas' state tournament is delayed 6 weeks due to weather and now will take place on Saturday, April 18.

Probably the most important competition "trick" for MP is: make sure every step works well so you don't have to touch it. The second might be: have a dependable method for getting the optimum time. We just got first place in competition with our device and it only had 2 ETSs and 3 scored golf balls. But, it worked great!