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KSC Regional Status Report #2
Posted by Mike S of team #21, Boeing NASA-KSC "ComBBAT", from Titusville HS, Astronaut HS sponsored by Boeing.
Posted on 3/5/99 10:03 PM MST Another beautiful day in Central Florida with highs near 80! Day 1 of the competition was fast and furious. The field of 27 teams got through 8 or 9 matches each today (of a total of 12 matches total for qualifying). The rankings of all teams is being posted on a continuous basis, as an average of Qualification Points. (For those who have not been there yet, qual points are your field score x 3 if you win. I did not copy the rankings, in the midst of taking care of my team today. However, I interviewed the top 5 team at the party tonite and here are the standings: Rank Team Ave qual pts/matches 1 Baxter Bomb Squad(16) 375/8 2 Boston Sci - SPEED (239) 331/9 3 Raytheon -Deep Thunder (147) 296/8 4 United Tech - SPAM (180) 294/8 5 FIT/Coral Park - Ramtech (59) 280/8 The Bomb Squad as you can imagine is a top notch machine They have not lost yet. They do it all except 2 things. Their basket holds only about 6 floppies inside. (They designed for a smaller floppy spec and size than is being used here). And they cannot pick up or handle the floor floppies very well. However massive traction on their 4 wheel drive system. One set of wheels are large round lexan wheels (about 14dia) and the other set is a triangular belt. Tough to beat. Other teams doing well (I don't have the scores), Baxter coqui power (15), NASA Space Coast (233), and Heat Wave (312). As for us, Boeing -ComBBAT we are hanging in ther at 13th with about 129 ave qual points. Because we can pick up floppies well (usually do 2-3 per match) and hang from the puck we make an attractive partner for teams that are strong getting on the puck. Thus about 4-5 teams have talked to us about an alliance. One more hint for new teams. The action is fast paced. this means you must have a very organized pit crew, manage your batteries well etc. The team party was killer! Held in the Saturn V center which is a building built entirely around a Saturn V rocket! Well that's all from the sunshine State. Will report on the whole enchilada tomorrow! Wish us luck. |
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