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Re: Try this: Year of the Flaming Victor (or Motor)
Posted by Thomas A. Frank.

Engineer on team #121, The Islanders/Rhode Warrior, from Middletown (RI) High School and Naval Undersea Warfare Center.

Posted on 2/9/2000 9:25 AM MST


In Reply to: Try this: Year of the Flaming Victor (or Motor) posted by Joe Johnson on 2/8/2000 2:06 PM MST:



: If you are talking about gear ratio where you realistically expect to reach 20mph I think you're crazy.


Thank you Joe, for confirming my engineering opinion/overall suspicion. If anyone succesfully breaks the 10 fps avg velocity barrier (on the field, over the 48 feet, at full match weight), I'll be very impressed (amazed might be a better word) indeed.

In fact, if any team achieves 12 fps average for the full field length (4 seconds wall to wall, full match weight, we'll let FIRST be the judge), I'll personally bring that team a case of soda (aka pop for you mid-westerners; their choice of brand) the following day!

Tom Frank

P.S. - I'd say the motors will ignite before the Victor's...


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