afterburner
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Originally posted by BobCox
BTW, when is the deadline (day and time)?
Sunday 4/30 at 11:59:59 PM.
About 75 hours from now.
Originally posted by BobCox
BTW, when is the deadline (day and time)?
What time zone?Originally posted by Afterburner
Sunday 4/30 at 11:59:59 PM.
Originally posted by BobCox
What time zone?
Originally posted by chanstevens
Just pick one that's not quite as good as me, but better than Bob Cox...
--Chan Stevens
Originally posted by n3tjm
Quick Questions
1.) how many events can the timer have? Airstarts and Chute Eject?
2.) is there a Minimum cargo mass for Event 2?
Originally posted by PunkRocketScience
Hey! I used two different 2 ounce electronics packages! The rules seemed very clear that the electronics had to be seperate!
Originally posted by the freshman
Can you post a list of those that have submitted an entry so far? (One reason being entry confirmation.) Usually this is on the contest page...
Originally posted by Afterburner
Huh?
Is this the paragraph you are refering to?
"If you use more than one stage or want to do air-starts, you must include a mass of 2 ounces for electronics."
Pls send me an email if I said something different elsewhere.
CP
Originally posted by Afterburner
Sure.
I know Nick is very busy these days and the last time I tried to email him an update the email bounced back. I'm sure he will catch up with his updates soon.
So far we have:
1) Phil Handley
2) Todd Mullen
3) Andy Peart
4) David Allen
5) Chan Stevens
6) Ben Levison
7) Bruce Levison
8) Dave Austerberry
9) Bill Cooke
Dave Austerberry and Bill Cooke submitted their entries today. I still have to check them out (which I will do first thing tomorrow).
CP
* If we submit a design and it doesn't qualify for some reason, are we allowed to rework the design and resubmit or even submit a new design?
o Yes, either, both...we will review them and let you know.
Originally posted by BobCox
I submitted my entry at 11:41 CDT. It's not exactly the last minute, but it's pretty darn close. I've really got to get started sooner next time.
BTW, my entry is not 51 pounds like Chan's, but it is over 50 feet tall. That's half of 100 feet, hence the name: The Semi-Centipede of Zeus.
I'm not going to talk any smack for this contest. I know I could have done a lot better on events 1 and 2 by increasing the parachute and cargo bay sizes and adding more engines. Either that or cutting the weight to do better on Events 3 and 4. Whatever. We'll see the results soon enough.
Originally posted by n3tjm
I posted mine last night... and a change was requested (something I missed in the rules)... but I got the e-mail after I went to bed. I made the changes before 3:30 am in the morning (hope I am not late to work)... I hope my judge requested changes would be honored...
Anybody got "decent" drag race scores? I don't know what constitutes decent in this, but think I'm getting creamed--I think it took me 0.25 to leave the rod, and I think I was under 600 on the speed. This fat and heavy, I simply had no concept of what's good/bad.
51 pounds! 50 ft tall! I hope I can compete against these monsters!
As a result, we have entries with diameters ranging from 4 inches to 11.4 inches. We also have 1-stage rockets and 2-stage rockets. We have motor selections going all the way from Micro-Maxx to (almost) full K, with some hybrids thrown in the mix.
And that's just my entry. I used a K1050W, MMX, and HyperTEK hybrids in mine.Originally posted by Afterburner
We have motor selections going all the way from Micro-Maxx to (almost) full K, with some hybrids thrown in the mix.
YEOW! Even in my earlier shorter versions I never broke ******. Doubling my cargo bay really hurt, slowing my max speed down to about 720 ft/sec.Originally posted by RaVen1357
My rocket cleared the rod in like, 0.1 seconds, with about 1200 fpm top speed I think.
My rocket cleared the rod in like, 0.1 seconds, with about 1200 fpm top speed I think.
Originally posted by RaVen1357
Since the rules said we have to have at least three motors, I put in a pair of Micro-Maxxes to comply [/B]
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