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#1 2009-08-23 16:01:13
- lowlol
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Engine contest
The contest forum is a bit slow so I decided to make a contest.
Goal: Make an engine that can travel 1000 meters.
Rules:
Engine must fit inside one of the two red boxes.
The engine must be either a ball spawn engine, a water spawn engine, or a high bounciness engine.
The scene cannot be altered.
The car can be either one wheel drive or two wheel drive.
Any gearing/linkages must be inside the car.
You may change the collision of the car.
You may not abuse loop holes.
Grading:
I will grade the scene by deleting the hinge on the circle above the black box before I start the scene, the engine will have 4.8 seconds to "rev" up, after that the car will be dropped. When the car is almost to the finish line I will slow down the simulation and get an accurate time of when it crossed. The car with the fastest time will win.
It's a pretty simple contest but it should be fun, have fun making your engines.
Contest scene:
Author: lowlol
Title: Engine contest
File Size: 26.9 kB
Rating: 
Contestants:
Bronie12345 - 52.75 seconds
Torpedo - 84.91
Last edited by lowlol (2009-08-28 21:47:49)
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#2 2009-08-23 16:10:04
- Kilinich
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Re: Engine contest
Why car is out-of scale?
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#3 2009-08-23 16:13:07
- lowlol
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Re: Engine contest
The car is out of scale to make the contest easier, since bigger engines tend to be more robust.
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#4 2009-08-23 16:29:48
- Kilinich
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Re: Engine contest
lowlol wrote:
The car is out of scale to make the contest easier, since bigger engines tend to be more robust.
Lame.
Last edited by Kilinich (2009-08-24 00:24:51)
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#5 2009-08-23 17:08:46
- gmonkeyboy
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Re: Engine contest
can i make the scene smaller?
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#6 2009-08-23 17:13:11
#7 2009-08-24 01:30:46
- Bronie12345
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Re: Engine contest
simple
here's my entry:
Author: Bronie12345
Title: Engine Contest - entry
File Size: 41.95 kB
Rating:
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#8 2009-08-24 01:42:23
- Kilinich
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Re: Engine contest
Bronie12345 wrote:
simple
here's my entry:
"The engine must be either a ball spawn engine, a water spawn engine, or a high bounciness engine."
???
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#9 2009-08-24 01:49:48
- Bronie12345
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Re: Engine contest
i know, but i don't like water engines, and BS and HB engines are too slow
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#10 2009-08-24 02:25:12
- lowlol
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Re: Engine contest
Bronie12345 wrote:
i know, but i don't like water engines, and BS and HB engines are too slow
Then you just wasted your time because I'm not going to count that scene.
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#11 2009-08-24 02:26:21
- Bronie12345
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Re: Engine contest
well, if u call 5 mins time
here's my next entry:
Author: Bronie12345
Title: engine contest - entry (for real this time)
File Size: 42.41 kB
Rating:
Last edited by Bronie12345 (2009-08-24 07:30:04)
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#12 2009-08-27 21:02:17
- Torpedo
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Re: Engine contest
Heres my entry, running on my powerful torpedo HE engine delimited.
You can remove the exhaust if you like, its only there for decorative reasons, and has no effect on performance.
Hold left to get the engine turning the correct way, give it a few seconds to rev up, then tap C once to get the clutch to engage. it is a little slow to catch, but it gives the engine more time to spin up before it engages anyway.
The engine is more at home in a 1910 car in fairness than this one but meh!
Author: Torpedo
Title: Car engine contest entry Ballspawn type
File Size: 77.39 kB
Rating:
Enjoy! If it seems to be stuck going slow, you've engaged the clutch too soon and the engine isn't making enough power at too lower revs to pull away, it'll go much faster if you give it a moment to rev up.
Last edited by Torpedo (2009-08-27 21:06:06)
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#13 2009-08-28 13:12:33
- gasbomb
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Re: Engine contest
can't use a spring engine?
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#14 2009-08-28 14:00:56
Re: Engine contest
Could i use a medusa engine?
Example:
Author: xplane80
Title: Car with Medusa engine
File Size: 17.46 kB
Rating: ]
It's powerful but not Fast though.
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#15 2009-08-28 15:02:39
- Torpedo
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Re: Engine contest
Imagine the point is to make a spring engine, so doubt a medusa is allowed or a spring engine thats powered at a crank, but imagine a piston with a spring would be fine.
anyone else going to enter?
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#16 2009-08-28 21:13:16
- lowlol
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Re: Engine contest
bronie - 52.75 seconds
torpedo - your engine stopped at about 170 meters.
gasbomb - no
xplane - no
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#17 2009-08-28 21:15:21
- Torpedo
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Re: Engine contest
lowlol wrote:
bronie - 52.75 seconds
torpedo - your engine stopped at about 170 meters.
gasbomb - no
xplane - no
?
Its reached the end everytime ive used it?
click the grey circle on the crankshaft and check its angular velocity, engage the clutch at about 20, thats what i do and its reaches the end everytime.
If you engage at too lower rpm, it will stall, but thats the same with any engine. Only hold left to start it though, it revs up by itself.
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#18 2009-08-28 21:46:26
- lowlol
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Re: Engine contest
Ah I see, your time is 84.91
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#19 2009-08-28 21:56:13
- Torpedo
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Re: Engine contest
Yeah thats about what i was getting when i tested it. it speeds up alright once its in its powerband but its low end power is rubbish so takes ages to accelerate lol.
I expect people will be able to beat that without too much trouble.
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#20 2009-08-28 22:03:11
- lowlol
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Re: Engine contest
You can still try.
Try making engines with multiple pistons, they seem to be more powerful.
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#21 2009-08-29 00:50:59
- Bronie12345
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Re: Engine contest
i made it
i CAN make a faster one with automatic gearbox
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#22 2009-08-30 14:23:58
- gmonkeyboy
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Re: Engine contest
Author: gmonkeyboy
Title: engine contest entry
File Size: 42.06 kB
Rating:
it should turn over just by spinning the wheel the right way or already be started
the higher the Hz the better it performs
so if you can, run it at the highest Hz you will 
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