You've all now had a role in constructing a planetary explore and to compete in each of the events. In your opinion, what are the three most important things that a future student should know about building theirs? Don't forget to tell them "WHY" these points are so important.
Joely Brown
10/27/2011 09:52:26 am
I would say they need to make sure their Explorer wasn't heavy. Wieght adds on to the car and prevents the Car from going at it's normal speed. Also, I would say make sure to have a good stradegy for the fight. Even thought the fight isn't the ONE thing you have to focus on.
Taylor Austin
10/27/2011 10:39:50 am
Just like Joely said you should have a light car because it is divided with your OPR the lighter the car you have a better of grade you will likly have. Also its not about haveing the biggest
taylor austin
10/27/2011 10:48:08 am
baddest car its about the mass of the car. Make sure you have a good driver for the obstical course and fight. Its likly to go through the obstical course faster and easier if you have a better driver. Its improtant to have a good driver in the fight because some people dont know how to drive a R.C car so have a person thats good so they dont drive it out of the ring and know how to get your oponit out. For the climb make sure your wheels have a good grip someone told us that duct tape was a good idea to put on the wheels it is but make sure ur tape isnt fresh and its alil dulled down (:
Hannah Pulley
10/27/2011 11:13:45 am
Hannah Pulley
10/27/2011 11:22:31 am
A Key point in having a good explorer is to not have a heavy car just like Taylor snd Joely said but also to have good features like big tires and a little frame on top. also a ramp seemed to be helpful. Just i would not recomend rhinestoning it.
Tyler Lubach (Lothar)
10/28/2011 01:14:47 am
well don't buy a cheap car. Or a heavy car, AND DO NOT wait until the last second to get your car ready and make the car good for all events...
Oksana Wren
10/28/2011 06:42:31 am
I'd have to agree that getting a heavy car is probably not the smartest thing to do because that just happens to add more weight to your EXPLORER and that would just bring down your OPR overall. This year and last it was surprising enough but a small Explorer won 1st place. So you might just want to keep that in mind.
Oksana Wren
10/28/2011 06:43:54 am
The last comment was from Michelle Tucker as well.
Rylee Hickman
10/28/2011 08:33:13 am
1. Have a small car because your points are divided by the mass of your car.
Tyler Lubach (Lothar)
10/28/2011 10:45:57 am
You want to have a ramp, don't add to much weight and get a good sturdy car. Because you need the points for your grade more than anything don't get excited about the fight right away... Keep your head calm and focus on your grade NOT that. Because if you do you'll get a HORRIBLE grade and will need to spend more time fixing it. So think before you do anything. Ask yourself, will this make a huge difference? For the good? Or for the bad? BE SMART.
Danielle Gomez
10/28/2011 11:57:18 am
Ok, well my team got first place in OPR only because are car weighed 179, we made sure are car weighed the least because then you would not have to score many points i mean are crater climb was only 15 degrees we only made it to the second timer in the speed test!and are little low battery car won fight royale so basically we didn't score that much our OPR came out to be 235.67 that's great considering are car was only 179 so they key is little cheap car!! p.s. we did the extra credit but are car batteries fell out on the drop and didn't run during float hahaha:):) but ow well we still got a good grade!:)
Cheyenne Bactad
10/29/2011 02:29:46 am
I would say definaty have a light weight car because like everybody else says it will weigh you down and won't give you that well of an OPR. Another thing I would make sure to do is strip the car all the way because if you have a car with a bunch of stuff on it then it is gonna bring you down. Also I wouldn't leave on or add any bumpers on to your car because, when fighting you could get dragged out easily, it adds extra weight that isn't needed. This all comes down to the point that you need to make sure ur car is light weight.
Jill Kleine
10/29/2011 03:17:22 am
After my group finished all the events, I found many new stragies we could of used on our car.
Nathan Hanover-Groh
10/29/2011 04:20:58 am
When you transform a remote control car to a "Planetary Explorer" you have to keep in mind the following rules:
Jessica Leasure
10/30/2011 04:32:30 am
When you get your planetary explorer make sure your car isn't heavy because the points are divided by your mass. Also, make sure that you don't add to much weight to your car because in some events adding weight is bad. Another thing, don't worry about how your car looks because is you try to make it look good you could just add unnecessary weight.
Michael Castaneda
10/30/2011 06:19:23 am
Get a medium sized care so that you may still do well in events yet have a decent mass. Make sure all of your items that you will use be secured onto the car so that you can use all of your items throughout all the events. Make sure your battery is charge AT ALL TIMES if you don't charge it then you will fail on all of your tests and don't just focus on the fight, if you do then you won't be happy with your overall grade.
Alexa Maldonado :)
11/1/2011 09:36:04 am
When doing this project, you should have:
Alexa Maldonado <3
11/1/2011 09:37:00 am
that's about all of my reccomendations for you :) GOOD LUCK :)))) <3!!!!!! 11/3/2011 04:19:33 am
do not get a car that has a lot of weight cause you would have to get a lot more points. on the drop we didnt do so well one of wheels snapped off SO DON'T BUY A CAR THAT WEIGHTS A LOT!!!
Giovanni Guerrero
11/30/2011 10:19:02 am
you have to get the car that weight less than a math book then you got a good car. If you get a car that weight more than 2 math books than you have a bad car.So the best car you can get is the car that weight less than a math book.
ireland
12/14/2011 09:41:07 am
ireland burleson
12/14/2011 09:48:23 am
I think that a future student should have a less dense car so when u do the climb and course it will go faster. But u might want it to have a little weight so you can be able to push heavier weight. Another thing you should do is make your wheels sticky to add friction on the climb. Lastly, you dont really need any wepons on your car for the fights because all you really have to do is make your apponents car run out of the arena so u should stay kinda close to the edges.
Wyatt Adams
12/26/2011 03:40:43 pm
#1-you should have an rc car that has ally of thrust to it... To push others out of the arena and it will help on the hill climb #2- I like the idea of have ram
Wyatt Adams
12/26/2011 03:46:15 pm
Sorry didn't keen to submit the first one...#2 I like the idea of ramps built on the side Of your car to help in the battle and in the push test#3 and last a easy to work remote control for when you are up against the the speed/obstical course test :() Comments are closed.
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