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The surface is said to be "...mostly smooth and paved though there will most likely be minor height variations simulating possible terrain on Mars..." which is a bit gimmicky but I digress, the run is timed but time matters only in determining the overall winner of the competition. Winning would...

Thank you for the welcome! My drawing skills are pretty horrendous...the extent of them amounts to little more than stick figured I'm afraid. :biggrin: I can try to help you visualize it by explaining better perhaps. Think of a rubber band powered car. The rubber band is usually anchored at one...

Hey guys, hope this is in the right place first off, but anyway, for one of our engineering projects we are required to design a "rover" that can transport a maximum of 40 pounds (the increments in weight increases by 10lbs per run starting at 10lbs and ending at 40) a minimum distance of ~20...

Hello members of the PhysicsForums! My name is Rider and I am currently studying Aerospace Engineering in my first year. As a hopeful future engineer, I find math and physics (especially those with regard to rockets and space in general!) to be very interesting and hope to broaden my knowledge...