09-23-2009 10:00 PM

XXShadowXX

Re: pic: So, where was YOUR off-season held?

I could say something about the seating, but really, you had an SR71 within 20 yards of the field... wish I could have been there.

09-23-2009 10:00 PM

OZ_341

Re: pic: So, where was YOUR off-season held?

Awesome venue! I would love to see an SR-71 Blackbird up close. I believe that plane still holds the air speed record.

Nice job!

09-23-2009 10:09 PM

BrendanB

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OH MY GOSH!!!!!

That is so cool/awesome/jaw dropping/i so want to go next year factor!!!!

man that looks like fun. I now have a new desktop background!

09-23-2009 10:22 PM

Akash Rastogi

Re: pic: So, where was YOUR off-season held?

Psh yea but did any of them transform?


Very cool venue. Congrats on a great competition (from what I heard from 1771.)

09-23-2009 11:36 PM

EugeneF

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Well, not unless anybody there had a broken piece of the AllSpark...

09-23-2009 11:49 PM

Chris is me

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Wow, what an amazing venue. One of the reasons I liked regolith was the way it made photos like this nice and bright.

Well, MY off season event, I was too distracted to pay attention to the venue. IRI does that

09-23-2009 11:51 PM

NickE

Re: pic: So, where was YOUR off-season held?

Does anybody know if that field border is custom or borrowed from FIRST?
If it's borrowed, could this be the new field design mentioned back in July?

09-24-2009 01:10 AM

EricH

Re: pic: So, where was YOUR off-season held?

Looks like the AM design (AKA custom); it certainly isn't the design used since 1999 or whenever the last revision was, which has no diagonals.

09-24-2009 02:35 AM

Cory

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The Andymark field is wooden, and so far as I can remember in the few times I've seen it, looks nothing like this.

09-24-2009 06:36 AM

Bomberofdoom

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.....


I WANT TO BE THERE!!!!!!!

That place looks freaking awesome!!!! What can be more awesome than a combination of an FRC event and an Air Force museum with all these awesome aircrafts!?!?!


I envy all of the participants.

09-24-2009 07:11 AM

Billfred

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I believe that GeorgiaFIRST built this one a few years ago before anyone had released drawings to roll their own. (I believe this is the same border I saw as the Peachtree practice field when I went in 2006.)

09-25-2009 01:39 PM

Andrew Schreiber

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On one hand I like seating, on the other... SR-71 within spitting distance of the field... Eh, I spend most competitions standing anyway.

WICKED COOL!

09-25-2009 04:13 PM

Chief Samwize

Re: pic: So, where was YOUR off-season held?

Awesome venue! A great way to promote the FRC program as well. Did the museum make you guys like an attraction (i.e. promoted/advertised the event)?

-Sam

09-27-2009 10:32 PM

Jeff Pahl

Re: pic: So, where was YOUR off-season held?

That field border belongs to GeorgiaFIRST. It's used for their pre-ship scrimmage event and as the practice field at Peachtree. If my memory serves, it was built for the 2004 season.

09-28-2009 04:12 PM

JesseK

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I ran across an article today while reading about the new hydrogen-powered land speed record.

The SR-71 has been in a distant 2nd since NASA broke the record with their X-43A. Of course, there are major differences, such as a 10-second flight vs. a several-hour flight, but those are minor details so some. These days since we're all about energy efficiency, I don't see why we just aim for a nice round 1039.1876 mph at an altitude of 10km (~33,000 ft). That way a passenger plane that took off during daylight and headed east could maintain the use of solar energy no matter how far it had to fly...

Sounds like another good X-challenge to me.

09-28-2009 05:36 PM

EugeneF

Re: pic: So, where was YOUR off-season held?

Do you mean west?

09-29-2009 09:25 AM

JesseK

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Ah, yes ... west. Whoops!

09-29-2009 09:26 AM

EricH

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I'd have to say that the SR-71 still holds the record for manned, reusable flight... And possibly the speed-to-size ratio.