Hey guys and welcome back to my blog! Today I’m going to be talking about our Destination Imagination challenge, The Daring Escape. I’ll also talk about how much I think that D.I. This year was different from last year.
It is hard to make a post about DI because I can’t say anything about what we are designing for the challenge. My teammates in DI are Jessie, Sofia, Keenan, Cameron, Max, and Mackenzie.
Our challenge this year is to make 2 Daring Devices to go over three Hazards. One of the Daring Devices must be electric, and the other can’t be electric. In this challenge, a Hazard is either a barrier, a hole, a hoop, a moveable object, a tunnel, uneven terrain, or a team defined hazard. We chose uneven terrain, a tunnel, and a barrier.
The DI definition of a barrier is a Hazard that blocks a path along the tournament-provided floor. To successfully overcome the hazard all parts of the Daring Device must start on one side of the Barrier and travel completely over the Barrier to the other side. The Daring Device must not travel around, under, or through the Barrier.
The DI definition of a tunnel is a Hazard that is physically enclosed on its sides and top, with openings for an entrance and an exit. The entrance and exit may be any shape. To complete the challenge, the Daring Device must enter at one end of the Tunnel and exit at the other end of the Tunnel. All parts of the Daring Device must be fully within the Tunnel before it exits.
The DI definition of Uneven Terrain is a Hazard with a surface that is not smooth. To complete the hazard, all parts of the Daring Device must cross over the surface of the Uneven Terrain. The weight of the Daring Device must be fully supported by the surface before leaving the Uneven Terrain.
How is DI different this year than last year? DI is a lot different this year than last. Last year it was online, so it was sort of difficult to do the challenge. We got second place in the main challenge, and I don’t know how we did in the instant challenge. The instant challenge was also different, because we had about a day to complete it.
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