Scrambler - Div B Submit a question about this topic Questions may be submitted to the FAQ system when it opens on September 16. Prior to that time, please re-read the rules which might help answer your question. Leave this field blank Reveal Questions Are teams allowed to drill one hole across the depth of the backstop and fill it with a dowel to attach the backstop to the scrambler device? Are teams allowed to drill two holes in the front of the backstop and fill them with dowels that extend out 3.0 to 4.0 cm from the face or do they need to glue the dowels on the flat face of the backboard (no holes or filled holes)? Are teams allowed to use a laser device for aiming? Are teams allowed to use purchased scrambler kits? Assuming the base remains 100cm x 50cm, can the imaginary box be rotated to any position relative to the imaginary center line of the track? Can "Vehicle Measurement Point" be defined? Can teams from a single school share the launcher and falling mass? Can the solid wooden backstop ("no holes nor filled holes") be attached to the car via a dowel, screws, bolts, or other mechanisms that would effectively create filled holes? What if the dowel/screws etc do not infringe the front-most 1.1 cm of a ... Can the students use a painter's tape on the track area floor as a part of aiming or aligning the launcher? Will it be a violation if they remove the tape before the run? Could we request the optional bucket bonus for both runs? During set up for a run with the bucket bonus, is the team allowed to touch/move the bucket to aim the launcher/vehicle than put the bucket back in place? How many calculators are allowed for this event?The event parameters mention a class III calculator but not how many per team. I am confuesed as it never mentions this, but what if the scrambler goes out of the track, comes back and stops at the terminal barrier, fully in the track? Like for this year, if it curved around the bucket ? Regarding the bucket bonus, does the term optional mean the event supervisor can choose wether the bucket is on the track, or the participants can choose if the bucket is on the track, or if the bucket is on the track and participating in the bonu... Since the track is (1) 1m wide on each side of the midline, and (2) ends at the terminal barrier (TB), would placing an aligning device either (1) >1m away from the midline, or (2) behind the TB, violate this rule and incur a Competition Violation... Teams are wrapping the transparent plastic bag multiple times around the egg to create a cushion and/or obscuring the rounded part and/or tip of the egg. Are there any regulations around this? Teams may opt to earn the Bucket Bonus by navigating around the bucket during a run. If a team selects the Bucket Bonus for their second run, the 8-minute counter will start once the Event Staff (ES) has set up the bucket or is it included in the ... The sighting, aligning, and guiding devices must be placed and used within the defined Track area, which is defined in section 7.c.v from the Terminal Barrier to 1.0 m behind the Start Point. Could we pass the Start Point and use aligning or guidi... This rule says that if the egg breaks on the first run, the second run is scored as a failed run.My question is: if the egg breaks, is the run on which the egg breaks a failed run? When taking a bucket shot, can vehicle be placed at an angle horizontally so that the tip of the egg is on starting point, but the part of vehicle is beyond starting line? Without slanted positn, curved path can't be traced and if slanted, some pa... Will covering the Start Point with the apparatus or device such that the point is not fully visible constitute a violation? ‹ Elastic Launched Gliders - Div B Are teams allowed to drill one hole across the depth of the backstop and fill it with a dowel to attach the backstop to the scrambler device? ›
