CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #416

[EricS-Team180]

But, would it give them a competitive edge?
The answer, my friend, was blowin' in the wind.

[PAR_WIG1350]

I've heard people complaining about computer fans louder than that (note: it was the complaining that was loud, the fans themselves were actually quite reasonable in my opinion).

[Karibou]

It's a little late to be figuring how to cool down the pits in Disney*, but better late than never.


*or the gym at MARC.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Ok, the first thought was "how much air can we push at 'ludicrous speed'?" The second was "did anybody bother to check what the max RPM before destruction specification might be?" Once they had their empirical data then it was a matter of burning some chalk to arrive at an equation that could render "ludicrous speed" from prop length and pitch knowing CIM free speed. Still waiting for that to be published.
When is face protection not enough?

[GaryVoshol]

"So if we build a fan that no one can see, can we use it to get better traction in Lunacy?"

[rachelholladay]

You know, video editing technology has advanced quite a bit, so you never really can be sure of what you see..or don't see.

[Bill_B]

The first tip for fans is to put a tip on them so you can see them as they spin. This must be done before they start spinning.

[DonRotolo]

Update to my entry:

We all knew that 665's mentor was a Desk Pilot, but this crosses the line...

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

We all knew that 665's mentor was a Desk Jockey, but this crosses the line...

[NPOE] no chance of winning this year, I guess... sigh. [/NPOE]

[Billfred]

Here goes...well, everything!

First place goes to:

Originally Posted by dictionaria13

Mentor, thinking: If that's how fast we need to rotate the fan to make it invisible, how fast would I need to be rotated, and could I manage it without getting sick?

Second place goes to:

Originally Posted by dodar

When the mentors of Team 665 told their students they had no way to go to the World Championships the students had only one response, "Challenge Accepted."

Honorable mentions go to:

1) Peck
2) JaneYoung
3) Ninja_Bait
4) Bill_B
5) DonRotolo
6) EricH
7) Al Skierkiewicz
8) PAR_WIG1350
9) EricS-Team180

And the last burn award of the year goes to:

Originally Posted by Karibou

It's a little late to be figuring how to cool down the pits in Disney*, but better late than never.


*or the gym at MARC.

Which means the final scores for the eighth year of the caption contest are:

EricH	170
JaneYoung	162
Taylor	154
rsisk	137
GaryVoshol	121
DonRotolo	109
Ninja_Bait	103
Al Skierkiewicz	101
EricS-Team180	96
S.P.A.M.er 17	92
rachelholladay	87
Wayne Doenges	86
Jim Wilks	70
dodar	69
Karibou	68
Katie_UPS	66
PAR_WIG1350	62
J.Warsoff	59
Bill_B	57
SuperNerd256	56
Joe G.	52
Molten	51
akoscielski3	36
kstl99	33
IndySam	30
nitneylion452	30
dlavery	27
Travis Hoffman	26
cgmv123	24
Hallry	23
Peck	19
dictionaria13	18
HedgeHogGal99	18
George1902	17
Frenchie461	16
Josh Drake	14
Rangel(kf7fdb)	12
Dr Theta	12
Vermeulen	10
FRC4ME	9
Colin P	9
DRAKE2751	8
iPenguin	8
rtfgnow	6
Q. Sheets	6
Cody Burd	6
Andy Baker	5
Chris is me	4
LemmingBot	3
kramarczyk	3
Flak-Bait	3
stundt1	3
BeltSanderRocks	3
CNettles11	3
Cynette	2
flameout	2
Nick Lawrence	2
O'Sancheski	2
Brandon_L	2
Alex Cormier	2
plnyyanks	2
Tyler Olds	2
In1g0M0nt0ya	2
msimon785	1
SparxProgrammer	1
GCentola	1
Barry Bonzack	1
robokiller	1
~Cory~	1
delsaner	1
Kyle A	1
Sam Drake	1
Littleswimmer14	1
P. Fuller	1
Grim Tuesday	1
Mr. Pockets	1
Jeff Rodriguez	1
mesamb1	1
jdh042397	1
Peter Matteson	1
popnbrown	1
gracie.	1
Duke461	1
Boe	1

And, as is usual, some awards from the 1,187 entries this year:

Year 8 Champion: EricH (170 points)
Year 8 Runner-Up: JaneYoung (162 points)

Most Wins: EricH (7)
Most Runner-Ups: Taylor (7)
The Travis Hoffman Memorial Burn Award Award: Taylor (6)
The Always-The-Bridesmaid Award: Wayne Doenges (86 points without winning a contest)
Mr. Clean Award: JaneYoung (162 points without getting a burn award)
Mr. Tenacity Award: rachelholladay (30 singles)
Funniest Team in FRC: FRC 180, SPAM (205 combined points)

Perfect Year: EricH, rsisk, GaryVoshol, Ninja_Bait each entered all 52 contests. Other notable runs include JaneYoung and Taylor (51) and DonRotolo and rachelholladay (50)

Onward!