I did not know it was a cat 3 site.
My kids are a little too confident going to nationals. They tied the cat 2 jr ama record in a roughly a cat 1 site at state. With their second best glider. I am hoping to see some scores that get them worried and working hard on improving.
They built a catapult with multiple axis of rotation. That allows them to dial in a glider. The best part is, they don't crash the gliders when dialing them in since they can move a fraction of a degree and when they are done they can duplicate the angles and pull so they can compete at AMA events.
There is a short glimpse of the catapult in this video. After nationals i will put up a description of how it was built.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnhbGO19hJo
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, William Gowen <wdgowen@...> wrote:
>
> Not only is it a big jump to go from a Cat 1 site to a high Cat 3 - a
> glider for the Cat 3 site will be totally unsuitable for a Cat 1 site.
> The National event is being held in a Cat 1 site.
>
> As a side note I haven't seen any trick gliders or launching systems
> performing well so far. Does anyone know if this is happening?
>
> On 4/25/2013 10:20 AM, mkirda_at_... wrote:
> >
> > Hi Eric.
> >
> > I literally have no idea. My guess is in the 40 second range for the
> > top few, but if that is 40 or 49 is anyone's guess. I was checking in
> > teams for the events, not timing.
> >
> > What I can tell you is that at least two folks had their gliders
> > dialed in pretty well, taking advantage of 70-80% of the height
> > available. Most were not getting that high. I think that there is a
> > big jump going from 20-30 foot ceilings to 90+. I'm not really a
> > glider guy, but I do appreciate watching them. I may well build
> > one/two for Urbana this year.
> >
> > Regards.
> > Mike Kirda
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, Erik Bock
> > <joorgawt_at_> wrote:
> > >
> > > What kind of times were the gliders getting at the science o event?
> > >
> >
> >
>
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