Noodle Throwing Strategy

[JacobD]

Originally Posted by Bluejackets

noodles that came with the kit of parts fly great as it is I got them to fly 40 feet

In the manual it says that the noodles vary in thickness and hardness.

[JustbeingJFK]

A human player can throw the noodle but by doing that you may risk it landing on your side of the field and losing 4 points.

[g_sawchuk]

Originally Posted by JustbeingJFK

A human player can throw the noodle but by doing that you may risk it landing on your side of the field and losing 4 points.

Would you lose 4 points or would the other team gain 4 points?

[Huguebots]

Originally Posted by GrifBot

Would you lose 4 points or would the other team gain 4 points?

The latter.

[Mscoree]

Don't build a robot, just throw noodles.

[alexander.h]

Originally Posted by Mscoree

Don't build a robot, just throw noodles.

Hmmm ... I wonder how that strategy will work out

[Linkathon1986]

Originally Posted by TankerRed101

It is called an atlatl. It is an ancient hunting weapon used for throwing spears. LINK I checked the rules and could not see anything against as of second day of build season. I have not tested it on a noodle but seems like it could work just probably not as accurate as the historic equivalent.

The rules may say that you can't use the atlatl, but it may be possible to match the atlatl's shape with your hand.

[lark95]

We just got in some more noodles that we ordered from andymark(i think) and they are a much stiffer and easier to throw noodle. We were able to throw them 30-35 feet no problem. It amazed me how direrent they are from the one that came in the kit of parts.

[Ozuru]

Originally Posted by lark95

We just got in some more noodles that we ordered from andymark(i think) and they are a much stiffer and easier to throw noodle. We were able to throw them 30-35 feet no problem. It amazed me how direrent they are from the one that came in the kit of parts.

They may be stiff for the first few matches but anyone who has ever played with a pool noodle in a pool knows that they become warped very soon.

Noodles this year are going to be that thing that your alliance partner's human player is going to want to try and you're going to have to try to convince them that they're taking too large of a risk without coming off as being controlling.

[lark95]

Originally Posted by Ozuru

They may be stiff for the first few matches but anyone who has ever played with a pool noodle in a pool knows that they become warped very soon.

Noodles this year are going to be that thing that your alliance partner's human player is going to want to try and you're going to have to try to convince them that they're taking too large of a risk without coming off as being controlling.

The new noodles are almost a different material. We ran over the origanal noodle with mecnum drive, we have yet to do it to the knew ones, but i think they will be much more durable.

[toastnbacon]

I've found that practice really matters. I was throwing around a pretty beat up one for fun for about an hour. It took me about half that time to actually throw one to the other side, but now I get about every other one over. I've been throwing it javelin style, but I can't wait to try these new techniques!

[LittleJoe]

Originally Posted by lark95

The new noodles are almost a different material. We ran over the origanal noodle with mecnum drive, we have yet to do it to the knew ones, but i think they will be much more durable.

Actually, we didn't run over the original one, we just beat it up till it was barely legal

the result was the same however....

I was able to throw the beat up one 20-30+ feet pretty consistantly.

and the beat up ones actually straighten out petty well for pool noodles.

[ttedrow]

Originally Posted by lark95

We just got in some more noodles that we ordered from andymark(i think) and they are a much stiffer and easier to throw noodle. We were able to throw them 30-35 feet no problem. It amazed me how direrent they are from the one that came in the kit of parts.

Now take those noodles and run over then with your robot to test how it will handle all that litter you are going to create. Then try throwing them because that is the condition of the noodle after the first few matches.

[2130driven]

I found that if you just leave it non streightened and put the curve facing up then it will be straight. then throw it but don't use full force