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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:47 AM
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How the hell do you guys get less than 30sec? I'm i missing soming, i guess im no egineer. lol
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by timrocks311,Feb 10 2009, 03:39 PM
12 secs?
mine does 12 sec almost every time... still haven't quite managed to break 11.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by thebig33tuna,Feb 10 2009, 08:58 PM
mine does 12 sec almost every time... still haven't quite managed to break 11.
Oh man...I got 10 seconds twice. BTW I am an Engineer.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 01:12 PM
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what design did you use to get 10 sec?

i used the KISS method. i'm not an engineer... heh. my design which does 12s almost every time:

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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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Sorry guys; I just raised the bar.


KISS is dead on. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein).

Here's my design:


Notice, I connected the wheels with a "shock".

NOTE: My design isn't consistent at 9 seconds, it just did it once so far.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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Alright. I just tried to play at home and I can't beat 16 seconds. Connection speed is a huge factor I guess.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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You guys need NOS!!!

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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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Kudos. Let's see the cart.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 08:51 PM
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15/15 in 22 secs, 96%
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 03:21 AM
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It's funny, I figured it would be an efficiency exercise, so the least amount of parts used should earn more points. Many examples that are 100% are extremely complex. Anywho, here is mine....



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