Hold Back Mass

[BBray_T1296]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Actually it is 45 pounds weight, not mass.

So we can bring 6x more to the Lunar Regional than all other regionals? no fair to those not going!

[Chris is me]

The hold back mass this year is, as of yesterday, ~1.399 slugs.

[tStano]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

So we can bring 6x more to the Lunar Regional than all other regionals? no fair to those not going!

Seriously though, teams at the Colorado regional get an extra like half pound with witholding at 45 pounds when compared to sea level. Also, their robot can then be like a 1.4 pounds more massive.

g at sea level is 9.80665 m/s^2.
g in Denver is 9.796 m/s^2. I just converted pounds to kg and back again. I didn't want to go screwing around in imperial units.

*I am not actually saying this is an issue.

EDIT: *******Wait, I definitely did that wrong. SORRY GUYS!
its only a half newton difference on a 120lb robot. so like a tenth of a pound at sea level.