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> Date sent:      Sat, 05 Mar 1994 21:06:00 -0500 (CDT)
> From:           Mark Joe <CHI@MACC.WISC.EDU>
> Subject:        Science Olympiad anyone?

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> To anyone who may help,
>
> Some of you might be familiar with the Science Olympiad Competition where
> students in middle school and high school compete in a team with other schools
> in their state, and other states, when they qualify for the nationals. One of
> the events is the Scrambler. This event asks students to come up with a
 vehicle
> that after being launched from a student built launcher, stop  at a distance
> between 8-12meters(which will be determined at the competition) orelse it will
> break a raw egg at the front of the car. The goal of this event is to make a
> braking system that will allow the vehicle to stop at any distance between
> 8-12meters and not go over the finish line too much or not go over the finish
> line at all without cracking a raw egg at the front. Any of you have any
> suggestions for a braking system? What I really want to ask is where can one
> find light, small wheels(less than 6in in diameter and have good traction).
> One more note, the vehicle and laucher must be contained in a 1mX1mX1m cube,
 so
> the vehicle has to be small(so it could be fast, which is counted as part of
 the
> score)
>
> Looking forward for any responces.
>
>
> PS. Just to make myself clear, I have already a breaking system, but I would
> like to know what others could think up, and I need to find wheels.
>
> Mark Joe
> CHI(College Honors Involvement)
> Email: CHI@vms2.macc.wisc.edu
> BITNET: CHI@WISCMACC.BITNET
>

Did you consider simply tying a cord of predetermined length to the
vehicle?

Wilf Schlosser          wilfrid.schlosser@uwinnipeg.ca