Last-minute things for the competition

Last minute preparations and information ....

Things: Tomorrow, I will bring the following items, at least:

• USB extension cable
  
• tape measure (verify ceiling height, etc)
  
• camera
• soldering iron (sensor repairs)
  
• stopwatch (elapsed time between shots)
  
• target

What to bring: The launcher (duh), position sensor, and the computer running your calculations. If you need a computer for tomorrow, you'd better let me know soon. Like right now.

Press: It is not clear if press will come or not - they won't know themselves until the last minute. They have been invited, so we'll see what happens. If they do show up, it would be nice if a few of you were a bit early to the competition so they can ask you a few questions. Obviously this is optional, but the basic point is, 'show up early, and there is a chance you'll be interviewed.'

Visitors: There are going to be a number of random visitors tomorrow. Pay them no mind, go on about your business :-)

Location: Shelby L107. This is not the same as 107, a lecture hall you may have had classes in.

Directions: from the rotunda entrance, go left. Continue down the hallway until you reach the breezway. Go through it and into the next hallway. At the dead end, turn right. L107 is on your right. I will have a few signs up to guide you.

Timing: We might be done by 12:30, it is hard to predict. We will not go beyond the normal class period.

Grading-related: Remember that you need to turn in your source for the trajectory calculations. Please try to do this by the end of Friday.

Ok ... that is all I can think of right now. The contest will be pretty relaxed, but we will have to be efficient - with 5 teams and multiple shots, it will take a while.