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Unread 30-01-2017, 12:35
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Re: 2 gear autonomous

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
Ooooorrr, you place 2 gears on Rotor 2 first, than one pilot cranks Rotor 2 while the other pilot collects the last gear and slots it in Rotor 1. Then you just have to get a gear in Rotor 1 with enough time for 3 cranks on Rotor 2. Which probably means slotting Rotor 1 with 1-2 seconds left. So delivering the last gear with 4ish seconds left? Depends on how fast a pilot can lift a gear.
I briefly thought of this too but then I read the following in the game manual:

ROTORS only start if GEARS are installed in ROTOR order: 1, 2, 3, and then 4. The order of GEAR placement within a ROTOR set is not important. To start ROTOR 1, the PILOT places the GEAR in the GEAR slot at the top of the STEAM TANK, opposite the stack light for ROTOR 1.

Steve
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