{"id":3945,"date":"2017-03-28T19:33:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T23:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2023-09-03T07:27:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:27:34","slug":"rolls-report-march-25-26-warm-weather-and-good-turn-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2017\/03\/rolls-report-march-25-26-warm-weather-and-good-turn-outs\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls Report: March 25 & 26 – Warm Weather and Good Turn Outs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spring has sprung! Since hanging up the stop flags and climbing harnesses in November for the long winter, we\u2019ve had only one occasion to roll thanks to a lack of attendance, freezing temperatures, and various forms of uncooperative weather. We went from having to cancel rolls for sub-freezing temperatures to waking up Saturday and Sunday morning to sixty five degree weather, before dawn. Leave the coats at home, let\u2019s roll some buggies!<\/span><\/p>\n

The Safety Chair politely reminded the teams that starting their pass testing earlier rather than later was a good idea. Consequently, Sunday’s rolls could have made for excellent day time TV:\u00a0You get a pass test, and YOU get a pass test! EVERYONE ATTEMPTS A PASS TEST! There were pass-tests all day today cumulating in 7 successful passes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Buggy alumni were out timing this weekend trying to grab some empirical data for the imminent heat-selection. We were<\/span> tweeting about the efforts<\/span><\/a>, but some data is more impenetrable than others. <\/span>Take care not to disturb the trip-wires<\/span><\/a> too much during rolls, this data collection is for your benefit. <\/span><\/p>\n

A little about the new system: Created by Mark Estes, it is a series laser trip sensors connected via radio mesh network to record roll times via GPS clock sync and automatically calculates speeds and splits. The system got to a late start both days because, as it turns out, it takes a while to set up and align 4 laser sensors and a master station.<\/div>\n
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Saturday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0we collected some data, but couldn’t connect to the stop sign sensor. In addition, the\u00a0hill 3 sensor wasn’t getting triggered (probably due bad alignment). So, some data, but not informative data.\u00a0Also, due to the chaos of just getting the system running, we didn’t keep notes to attribute buggies. On Sunday we again had trouble connecting system together, and ultimately gave up halfway through day. On the docket for this week is to test the range of the sensors and determine how much battery level affects it.<\/div>\n

In Attendance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Org<\/th>\nSaturday<\/th>\nSunday<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Apex<\/td>\n\u00a0Phoenix, Ember<\/td>\nPhoenix, Ember<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CIA<\/td>\n\u00a0Equinox, Orca, Icarus<\/td>\nTempest, Orca, Icarus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fringe<\/td>\n\u00a0Bolt,\u00a0Bissa, Beacon, NB17<\/td>\nBoson, Bolt, Bissa, Beacon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PiKA<\/td>\n\u00a0Banshee, Cliodhna<\/td>\nBanshee, Cliodhna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SAE<\/td>\n\u00a0Lucy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SDC<\/td>\n\u00a0Malice, Havoc, Bane, Avarice, Vice<\/td>\nMalice, Havoc, Bane Avarice, Vice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SigEp<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBarracuda, Kraken<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SigNu<\/td>\nKrait<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spirit<\/td>\n\u00a0Inviscid, Zuke, King Pin<\/td>\nInviscid, Zuke, King Pin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Observations<\/strong>\u00a0(Saturday Gallery<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Sunday Gallery<\/a>)<\/p>\n