Social Moose Engineering Mystery Cache

MiniMoose always enjoys meeting other cachers on the trail or at events. With several events coming up, it was a good time to put this cache out. In the spirit of the cache, no hints by email or phone. After a few people have logged this cache, email or phone may get a hint about how to get the coordinates.

Use your Engineering skills to find the cache at:

N 29.36.ABC

W 098 30.XYZ

Cammo wrapped container suitable for small items, BYOP. FTF gets a commemorative Moose and an unactivated pathtag - see original contents photo.

Check your solution (if you need to) at: Geochecker.com.

Chemical Engineering

Calculate the moles in 34.5 grams of PU-235. Use the 2006 CODATA standards for Avogrado's Number. Take the 5th through 7th significant digit for ABC, take the generally acceptable margin of error for this calculation, to 7 digits, use one-half (rounded off) of the last 3 digits to calculate XYZ.

Computer Engineering

Take this freshman example circuit, and convert to an equivalent circuit using only NAND gates. From the number of NAND gates used, take the 3 most significant digits + 78 to find ABC. Use the last 3 digits - 127 to find XYZ.

Electrical Engineering

Find the total resistance in this diagram. The 3 middle digits are ABC. Calculate the optimal capacitance in coulombs at 230 volts. Use the least 2 significant digits times 3.3 (drop fractional portion) for XYZ

Mechanical Engineering

Take a standard 55-gallon drum made out of galvanized steel (zinc ratio of 1:17). Seal it except for a 2 cm pipe extending at a 82 degree angle from the top. The drum and pipe are filled with salt water from the North Atlantic. Calculate the hydrostatic pressure (in pascals) at a point 10 cm from the interior bottom of the drum just before it bursts (keep extending the 2 cm pipe with salt water until the bursting point). Take the 3 most significant digits times 2 then minus 330 to find ABC. Find the height (in meters) of the 2 cm pipe above the top of the drum. Convert to furlongs (just for fun), ignore any decimal 0's and take the 3rd, 5th, and 9th most significant digit for XYZ.

Nuclear Engineering

This is a famous moment known to all good Nuclear Engineers. Take the 3 most significant digits of the theoretical power output in joules to find ABC. Take the age of the man in the photo plus 5 times the age of his father when he died to find XYZ. If the latter calculation has 4 digits, drop the most significant digit.

Which engineering "discipline" will you be able to use to find the cache coordinates? Choose wisely.