Backyard Test Riggin'

So today, after the failed attempt by Matthew and his dad to navigate the enormous crowds at the Tech Museum to participate in the trial, Bruce, Alec, Matthew, and Cassie once again busted out the backyard test rig to try out the device. Matthew was not feeling very well the previous day, and as a result Matthew and his dad went late to the trial, hoping to sneak in at the end, when they were informed that they would have to wait until at least 6:30 for a trial run, as the board sheet with all the sign-ups was illogically crowded up to eighty teams. Matthew, being the dashingly in demand person that he is, had to leave by four at the latest to attend the Saint Francis junior prom, so Matthew and his dad left the trial with the assurance of a backyard test rig to help them out with them ineptitude.





So at the backyard version of the trial, Cassie and Matthew experimented with different combinations of pipe length and pipe density. To their surprise, Cassie and Matthew found that small, slight changes in pipe length actually completely changed the effectiveness of the device. Hoewver, they wer more impressed by the fact that the device actually worked, due to their innately doubtful nature, so they naturally did not worry too much about the specifics at the moment.



An example of one of the pipe connectors that Cassie and Matthew were experimenting with

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