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Saturn V
Posted by Ben Chui, Other on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Gunn High School (CAL Berkeley) and Xerox PARC / NASA AMES.
Posted on 3/6/99 3:04 AM MST In Reply to: KSC Regional Status Report #2 posted by Mike S on 3/5/99 10:03 PM MST: Say, if you happen to find some plans lying around for the Saturn 5 rocket... NASA would be wanting them It's a shame that they LOST the plans to such a useful (in retrospect) launch vehicle.: 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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