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Things Learned During Build Season
As a rookie, I know I've learned a ton, not all totally FIRST-related. For example:
I learned that zip ties make effective hair ties, I learned that I rock at crimping connecters onto wires, A girl on our team who immigrated from Vietnam about two years ago learned about the kind of strippers you don't use on wires (she turned bright red when a guy on the team demonstrated by dramatically peeling off his sweatshirt). I know I can't be the only one who's learned stuff like this. Anyone else want to share what's happened to them? |
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As a mentor, I learned that getting changed to second shift at work makes it nearly impossible to work with the team :(
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Always design your robot to include wires and battery mounts. Also, don't give your head programmer 1 day to debug code. What he will do instead is write 40 lines of crap code just to do a unit test, and use the time between regionals to debug.... a very not so good idea.
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Take "concept-freeze" day seriously.
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My team's learned that the most popular question is "Where is the Wago/Measuring Tape/ Punch?"
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What I learned during build season this year:
don't wire the PD board backwards. Bad things happen... |
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We learned that our Victor motor controller, which had never been used before, was bad. Our only experience with the famous victor, and it was negative. What are the odds?
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What I learned during Build Season: I miss build season. :(
While being in college, I was still able to help out my team some times, but I truly miss the full experience. |
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This year learned that 3/16" rivets are over-kill. It will be 1/8 next year. and maybe thinner gussets too. Maybe even thinner-walled square tube. Who knows? |
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Honestly, way too much. 973 has helped me as a mentor, grow and learn so much this year. Granted, I'm no AdamHeard when it comes to design and fabrication but with just a bit more help and examples I will be gaining the tools to eventually gain that potential. The past 6 weeks were stellar and the next 6 should be even more awesome.
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