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Re: Lessons learned for Week 2 Regionals?

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Originally Posted by IndySam View Post
OK physics folks answers me a question

Isn't it a matter of enough force, couldn't a light but very fast minibot deliver as much energy as a slow heavy one?

Of course a slow minibot would have more contact time but that wasn't part of the challenge was it?
1st Year physics: Impulse/Momentum

Ft=mv

so yes, a large and a small minibot can apply the same force to the plate
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