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General Rules
1. Safety, as always, comes first. Any violation of any safety rules or
direction from judges or ground test personnel or unsafe behavior as
deemed by any judge will result in immediate disqualification from the
challenge.
2. Your vehicle must be powered only by the wind, and this energy must
be transmitted directly to the drive train. No energy storage devices
of any type are allowed.
3. There will be no, non-rotating wind catching devices allowed on the
vehicles, such as sails, drag plates, parachutes, etc.
4. Your vehicle must travel both upwind and downwind; to do this you
must have only one vehicle; limited reconfiguration will be allowed (it
is up to the discretion of the judges to define minimal).
5. Your vehicle will interface, at a forward and rearward point, with a
guide string.
6. When traveling both upwind and downwind, there will be a small
moveable incline at the beginning which will help your vehicle get
started from a dead stop.
7. For the size of your vehicle, the rotor has a maximum deployed
diameter of 24 inches. The rest of the vehicle can be any size you
wish.
8. Final Score = 3 x (distance travelled against the wind) + 1 x (distance
traveled with the wind) + Style Points
9. All rules, prizes, stipulations and dates are subject to change at any
time.
10.
All rulings made by the judges are final.
Preliminary Dates
1. Thursday June 25th 2015 Summer Intern Design Comp Kickoff, 12 1
a. Email goes out to all interns to determine participation
2. Monday June 29th Release intern teams
3. TBD Test Day 1
4. TBD Test Day 2
5. Saturday July 18th Competition Day