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My bad...
Posted by Joe Johnson at 1/11/2001 9:10 PM EST
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems. In Reply to: Re: see update #3 Posted by Justin on 1/11/2001 8:51 PM EST: Justin, Sorry, I am reading 100 mph in order to get through all the new messages. As to trying this, we have after a fashion. Our ramp is not 100% complete, so the results are preliminary. Here goes: On the floor the base determines the orientation of the PVC pipes. In the natural resting position on its side, a pipe is at 12 o'clock so a big ball cannot really balance effectly. BUT... if the goal can be supported on the ramp so that the wood base is hanging in the air their are pipes at approx. 11 and 1 o'clock. This allows 2 balls to be put on the goal, though they are not what I would call stable. If two goals are placed cross wise to the bridge (one on each side for balance), it seems possible in theory to hold all 4 balls on top. We initial thought that the "valley" between these cross wise goals would make a nice place to put balls, but then we remembered that we don't have the weight poles on the goal yet. I guess that the balls would rest against one of these poles negating the 10 points. Teams are welcome to try this method, but on balance, it doesn't seem to promising imho. Joe J. |
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