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(...) HI Everybody Why don't we just do it on the floor and have a line 12" after the finish line and you can't cross it or you're DQed. This is less risky and Lego won't go crashing onto the floor. I hate that sound now! It hurt to much the last (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Just a note about dragsters, having done them recently in SMART: I would recommend a very long track, and a very short stopping zone. EG: Track: 20 meters, and stopping zone: 20 cm, or perhaps even 10 cm. This definitely wouldn't be a 'night (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"David Schilling" <davidNO@SPAMsunteleia.com> wrote in message news:GsBy09.A1H@lugnet.com... (...) 20 (...) actually (...) David, I agree with you completly! I love the idea of having a long runway with very short stoping zone followed by a cliff. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) this is a nice idea, BUT the library is only so long. and... we would have to find a smooth flat surface for that entire distance. at best it might be 3 tables with a bit of tape to join the seams. would you recommend walls along the sides?? (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3C80E237.29D259...ers.com... (...) NO! No walls. :) Okay. 3 tables of very close heightnessey. Duct tape across the seams (or some coloured tape with equiv. light sensor values. Oh no! My phone (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Preventative maintenance, right :) Calum (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Agreed. No walls. But there should be a line that the robots can follow so they go reasonably straight. Even the best robots will wander a little if you don't give some sort of clue as to where they should be going. I suggest that the finish (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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