Why are you sending this out to the entire VAFLL???????????????????

 

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From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Emler, Paul
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:38 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] 4 motors

 

I do understand that I can spend even more money that my team doesn't have
to be more competitive. We can also plug/ unplug a motor but that goes back
to my time disadvantage. I will stop ranting. I love FLL and what my kids
get out of it. This is my 6 year competing and the only time I have found
fault with what is being done.

 

From: First Lego League in Virginia and DC
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anant Narayanan
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 2:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] 4 motors

 

One way to recover (some of the) time disadvantage would be to add the
fourth motor to the NXT-brick based frame, and plug it in when needed, after
unplugging another motor.  Also, one can get a new EV3 brick for $160.

 

Nari Narayanan

 

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Bdh612-ess <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

But that is the way USFirst sees it. As I understand it

 

Brian

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On Sep 16, 2013, at 4:00 PM, "Emler, Paul" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

That is not entirely true. When the RCX was replaced by the NXT, there was a
score bonus given to teams using the RCX brick. I have new team members
every year so that experience factor doesn't fit as well.

Sent from my HTC InspireT 4G on AT&T

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From: "Brian Hardy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Emler, Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [VADCFLL-L] 4 motors
Date: Mon, Sep 16, 2013 3:43 pm

 

The same was true when the RCX was replaced by the NXT. The EV-3 actually
has several advantages (larger memory, faster processor, new sensors like
the gyro sensor), the ball wheel, the smaller motor, new programming blocks
like the adv math block, etc) in addition to the forth motor ability, but
the experience of FFL veterans is that experience, knowledge, and discipline
so trump the technical advantages that there is no real advantage. 

 

 

On Sep 16, 2013, at 3:24 PM, Emler, Paul wrote:

 

I am confused on the 4 motors. The EV3 allows 4 motors to be plugged into it
at one time. The NXT only allows 3 at a time. I have seen adapters to allow
4 but those are not allowed. How is this not an advantage? If my team uses
an NXT and has to only use 3 motors or transfer a motor on and off in order
to have 4, they are automatically at a time disadvantage to a team using an
EV3 with 4 motors already attached. Just wondering on how the thought
process went to determine that there isn't an advantage to using the EV3
over the NXT.

 

 

Paul W. Emler, III

Paul W. Emler, III

Technology Teacher/ Elective Department Head

Technology Student Association Advisor

Western Branch Middle School

Chesapeake Public Schools

Chesapeake, VA

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757-638-7920

757-638-7926 (fax)

 

 

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