[Unified-mailman] Unified Aerial Competition, updates

[Carl Dietrich]

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>>Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 13:09:55 -0400
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>>    ahill at mit.edu, cengel at mit.edu, ajw61185 at mit.edu, ccoleman at mit.edu,
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>>From: Pete Young <pwyoung at mit.edu>
>>Subject: Unified Aerial Competition, updates
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>>Here's some important updates for the Thursday (3-5pm) and Friday 
>>(11am-3pm) flight slots in Johnson.
>>
>>1. Effectively immediately, the 350 mah battery packs are being pulled 
>>back for charging. Several teams are still striving to verify that their 
>>planes are functional and for these, using the larger 600 mah packs is 
>>sufficient. Please turn back any 350 mah packs in your possession for charging.
>>
>>2. Rules changes for pit crew time ops and scoring. The following changes 
>>will be in effect for this year's competition:
>>
>>a) Eggs will be handed over to the pit crew when the team airplane starts 
>>its initial, unloaded, flight segment.
>>b) When the plane crosses its start/finish line the second time to 
>>conclude the unloaded flight segment, official time stops. The next two 
>>minutes are "free time" for the pit crew and pilot to retrieve the 
>>airplane and to prepare it for the endurance flight segment.
>>c) At the end of the two minutes, the clock will start running again to 
>>record a pit crew time, and will run until the airplane starts "first 
>>motion" takeoff for its endurance flight. This pit crew time is a direct 
>>deduction from the flight scores.
>>d) There is no extra bonus if the pit crew completes its ground preps in 
>>less than two minutes.
>>
>>3. Extra propellers. We have a limited supply of the following 
>>propellers: 7x4, 8x6, 8x3. The GTAs will hand these out on request, one 
>>at a time, to avoid needless stockpiling.
>>
>>4. The batteries will be charged overnight and if time allows, will get a 
>>top-off peak charge at the flight site just before use.
>>
>>See you at the flight trials and good luck!
>>
>>Col Young
>>--
>>Peter W. Young, Col., USAF (ret.)
>>Senior Lecturer
>>Director of CDIO Initiatives
>>phone: (617) 253-5340, fax (617) 253-4002
>>
>>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>>Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
>>77 Massachusetts Ave., 33-240
>>Cambridge MA 02139
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>--
>Peter W. Young, Col., USAF (ret.)
>Senior Lecturer
>Director of CDIO Initiatives
>phone: (617) 253-5340, fax (617) 253-4002
>
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
>77 Massachusetts Ave., 33-240
>Cambridge MA 02139