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Re: ScotFest challenges
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Tue, 17 Oct 2000 23:42:59 GMT
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"Scott A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:G2LDC5.1qJ@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Huw Millington writes:
> > Ian has set us these challenges. I am starting a thread so attendees can
> > discuss the rules, since he is out of the country for a couple of weeks.
> >
> > Ian states:
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> > "Meantime, here are two 'great egg race' type building challenges to tax
> > you until then. Bearing in mind that some people are flying up, I've
> > kept them small. Both will be judged on the day of the fest, maybe even
> > a prize for each! More than one entry in each is permissible.
> >
> > 1. Build the tallest, unsupported lego structure from conventional lego
> > pieces, all of which must fit into a standard Smartie tube (not the 10%
> > extra free ones either!). The tube must not be distorted in any way, and
> > the lid must fit as normal. The structure must stand unaided for at
> > least 30 seconds on our kitchen worktop (which is totally smooth).
> >
> > 2. There will be two house-bricks 60cm apart on our kitchen worktop.
> > Again using standard lego pieces, build a structure to span the gap in
> > between which will support two tins of cat food. The tins must be one on
> > top of the other, and at the exact centre of the span. (The tins have
> > those bases which interlock). The winner will be the one who uses the
> > smallest number of pieces. The maximum allowable dimension of any piece
> > is *8. The structure must not touch the worktop at any point, only the
> > two bricks."
> >
> > My only query is the defnition of "conventional lego pieces":
> >
> > 1 Does this include Technic?
> > 2 Does it include Technic flexi-tubes?
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> I had the same questions too... I almost thought I'd found a use for al my
> spare flex tubes :-(
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> Scott A
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> > (I would say yes to 1 and no to 2)
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> > What do other attendees think?
> >
> > Huw
'Conventional' might just mean: no glue to hold all your Technic axles
end-to-end! / no starch to hold your crane winch string straight up!!!
I'd want to say "any bit (element) wot came in a LEGO set", i.e. "Yes" to
both...
...do you actually have any _straight_ flexi-tubes anyway? ;-)
Jono.
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| (...) Or it could be 2*4 bricks only. (...) OK then, "any bit (element) wot came in a LEGO set" is the rule then. Can we agree? Scott A (...) (26 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) I had the same questions too... I almost thought I'd found a use for al my spare flex tubes :-( Scott A (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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