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Arefin Bari
22-07-2008, 20:51
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TheOtherGuy
22-07-2008, 21:07
1.21 jiggawatts!?

heh, I guess you have the compact model...

http://www.project1726.org/forums3/download/file.php?id=115&mode=view

we hid one on our robot this year, but it's a little larger ;)
Arthur S
22-07-2008, 21:49
omg dude are u sure the robots battery can power that??
cooker52
22-07-2008, 23:22
No, they'll have to use plutonium before the matches
Lions for First
22-07-2008, 23:28
i think there is a rule that you cant use plutonium but i may be wrong off to read the rules
cooker52
22-07-2008, 23:31
if you run a cable from the plutonium in the truck to your pit, it might work

they would never know the difference
Lions for First
22-07-2008, 23:37
Except that Geiger counters would be going crazy thats a bit of a give away
cooker52
22-07-2008, 23:40
isn't that what the three foot thick wall of lead is for?
R.C.
23-07-2008, 00:55
or titanium???
tseres
23-07-2008, 09:42
now i can go forward in time, see who wins the match and how, and re-play the match accordingly :)
JudyVandy
23-07-2008, 10:39
Duckie was supposed to get me a couple of those!!! Jersey keeps asking for them, right Mike?;)
tennispro9911
23-07-2008, 10:43
I don't think plutonium is explicitly made illegal in the rules ... Of course there is some general rule that goes, don't use things that can kill everyone at the competition. :D
Doctorwho
23-07-2008, 10:58
Wouldn't the refs get mad at you for leaving flames behind your robot when it hits 88 feet per second?
Roger
23-07-2008, 12:14
According to the 2008 Parts Use Flowchart (http://usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Community/FRC/FRC_Documents_and_Updates/2008_Assets/Manual/8%20-The%20Robot-RevG.pdf), it probably can't be used.

Is the part a safety hazard, or likely to damage robots, the field, game pieces, or interfere with the humans or the controls?And...
Energy Sources? Is the part an energy source...?
Both of those YES answers end up being not allowed. (Did you notice all the YES answers in the flowchart end up being NO conclusions? Sounds like life, doesn't it?) The rules also mention not allowing gerbils, but nothing about hampsters. There might be some wiggle room going down the "Electronics" branch, if you can get by the "safety hazard" above it. By the way, usfirst.org is already set up for the 2009 FRC Competition Manual!

Doctorwho: More like "field damage" -- refs wouldn't get mad, but you'd get DQ'd! But more realistically (once you build the flux capacitor ;) ), how are you going to hit 88 feet per second when an empty field is a little over 60-feet on the diagonal?

Think Geek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/9fc6/) has a replica available, and the obligatory sign (http://www.robradikal.com/servlet/Detail?no=12).
Al Skierkiewicz
23-07-2008, 13:16
I like Roger's analysis above but we should also consider that GP pushes us away from items that are not available to all teams. That is unless the provider is willing to deal with all teams.
Michael Hill
23-07-2008, 14:05
Wait a second....I remember when that got started at the Boilermaker Regional. Someone asked for a flux capacitor over the intercom. Someone else and I found a broken pneumatic cylinder, threw some tubing on it (maybe some electronics) and called it a flux capacitor and gave it to the team. I can't remember for the life of me which team that was.
Andy Baker
23-07-2008, 14:24
Wait a second....I remember when that got started at the Boilermaker Regional. Someone asked for a flux capacitor over the intercom. Someone else and I found a broken pneumatic cylinder, threw some tubing on it (maybe some electronics) and called it a flux capacitor and gave it to the team. I can't remember for the life of me which team that was.

I remember you guys doing this, but I thought it was at the 2004 Midwest Regional. Are you sure it was at Boilermaker?

... and no, we are not gonna start selling these.

AB
Elgin Clock
23-07-2008, 14:27
... and no, we are not gonna start selling these.
AB

Thinkgeek already cornered the market on the Flux Capacitor anyways.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/9fc6/

I'm saving up to get one. lol
MDiff
23-07-2008, 20:59
well... forget the plutonium
we'll just get a lightning bolt to strike for the 1.21 Jiggawatts!
Gboehm
23-07-2008, 22:09
Geez guys... We got Mr. Fusion

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a162/gboehm/mrfusion.jpg
Matt_Kaplan1902
23-07-2008, 22:31
I remember you guys doing this, but I thought it was at the 2004 Midwest Regional. Are you sure it was at Boilermaker?

... and no, we are not gonna start selling these.

AB

This specific one was given to us (108) at the 2005 Midwest Regional. Couple of the 45 guys said they were bored on Thursday when we asked for one over the intercom. I had totally forgotten about it until I ran into Neil at the Florida Regional this year.
techtiger1
23-07-2008, 23:44
:stands up to the Mic at Mayhem event: Ahem ! ahem! Team 108 is giving away free flux capacitiors if you would like one to fry those old rcs please come visit the pit admin and remember folks saftey glasses are not forehead protectors please keep them on your eyes. Thank you! :steps off podium: :] I remember I was there in Neils room chilling with you guys when Arefin found this, I think it sparked a 30 min coversation.

-Drew
Michael Hill
24-07-2008, 09:07
It may have been the midwest regional.
Moheeb698
24-07-2008, 12:11
LOL! (isnt that just a pnuematic piston?)

At the Vegas regionals some team went up to pit admin and asked for a "Reverse Flux Capacitor" on the PA system. XD

Our team is planning to build one a flux capacitor for our robot (provided we have the weight left over to add it on) based off this instructable http://www.instructables.com/id/Flux-Capacitor/
germanystudent
17-11-2008, 19:50
skip the bot man, put that thing in a Delorian!
AndyH
17-11-2008, 20:20
See at the Olkahoma City Regional 2008.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66124&highlight=1098
gorrilla
17-11-2008, 20:46
According to the 2008 Parts Use Flowchart (http://usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Community/FRC/FRC_Documents_and_Updates/2008_Assets/Manual/8%20-The%20Robot-RevG.pdf), it probably can't be used.

And...

Both of those YES answers end up being not allowed. (Did you notice all the YES answers in the flowchart end up being NO conclusions? Sounds like life, doesn't it?) The rules also mention not allowing gerbils, but nothing about hampsters. There might be some wiggle room going down the "Electronics" branch, if you can get by the "safety hazard" above it. By the way, usfirst.org is already set up for the 2009 FRC Competition Manual!

Doctorwho: More like "field damage" -- refs wouldn't get mad, but you'd get DQ'd! But more realistically (once you build the flux capacitor ;) ), how are you going to hit 88 feet per second when an empty field is a little over 60-feet on the diagonal?

Think Geek (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/9fc6/) has a replica available, and the obligatory sign (http://www.robradikal.com/servlet/Detail?no=12).


hes going to have to route power through the clock tower to get extra boost
ComradeNikolai
17-11-2008, 21:11
hes going to have to route power through the clock tower to get extra boost

I'm not sure that'll be legal this year.
gorrilla
17-11-2008, 21:45
I'm not sure that'll be legal this year.


i hope so, that way i wont have to change batteries