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greencactus3 29-02-2004 22:27

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
make sure you go to all your classes.... or at least peek in them once a week

Koko Ed 29-02-2004 22:59

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
To start planning far far ahead when creating an animation and start making objects that's not dependent on what the game is.

OneAngryDaisy 29-02-2004 23:08

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
I learned that staying as late as anyone and not leaving until the very latest (~ 12 the 2nd to last week, ~2 the last week) was the best thing that ever happened in my entire life. Yes, my grades did die, and yes, my body did die, but I grew more than ever before.

velocipenguin 29-02-2004 23:50

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by OneAngryDaisy
I learned that staying as late as anyone and not leaving until the very latest (~ 12 the 2nd to last week, ~2 the last week) was the best thing that ever happened in my entire life. Yes, my grades did die, and yes, my body did die, but I grew more than ever before.

I'll drink to that! This build period has been terribly exhausting, but I had a great time and helped build a machine that I'm really proud of (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pi...gle&picid=6603, if anyone's interested).

Things I learned this year:
-It is possible for one person to drink 10 liters of caffeinated soda within 1.5 weeks.
-The hammer is more versatile than it appears.
-Safety goggles cast an invisible field of protection surrounding the wearer.
-The bandsaw conquers all.
-Snickers + Mountain Dew = the true breakfast of champions
-Batteries work better when charged.
-FIRST is not an acceptable excuse for a one-week delay in handing in an 8,000-word senior research paper.

Kevin Sevcik 01-03-2004 00:01

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I learned that steel gears aren't necessarily as strong as you'd think, and shear teeth rather painfully under shock loads. And thus, that transmissions should be designed carefully and robustly and using the actual gear strength equations. And built and put on a chassis early for testing. Just look what we did to the gear:

Stephen Kowski 01-03-2004 00:11

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
starting a team is hard....even with help it is still difficult/frustrating.....

oh turns out there is a 5 a.m....imagine that....

jacob_dilles 01-03-2004 06:59

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank(Aflak)
And your grades will look like you've had a serious case of senioritis.

ive learned that first is not an acceptable excuse for realy bad grades

RoboMom 01-03-2004 09:30

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
That "why do anything ahead of time when you can wait until the last possible moment" is a commonly embraced philosopy.
And "clean-up" has many definitions. :)

Ken Loyd 01-03-2004 09:46

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
Be prepared to use all 25 hours of the day during the last week of the building season! Make yourself rest on the 8th day of each week! Mountain Dew might be health food! Peanutbutter pizza will stick to the roof of your mouth! With FRC always expect the unexpected!

Ken Loyd
Team 64

Lisa Rodriguez 01-03-2004 10:06

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
Don't get sick, they WILL ban you from the shop:rolleyes: the rest of them don't want to be sick.......
Fevers make you delierious, espcially when looking @ robot pictures on CD and thinking they're yours
Building is FUN, when ur really into it
The back gate gets locked at 1030, alarms turned on at 11
Then janitors like us because we're nice, and stay away from thier stuff
The CNC machine has a constant high pitched noise when on
The old shop teacher ( a team mentor) is in the wood shop and has more stuffin the wood shop that the new shop teacher (he's gonna help next year, he's a little busy with getting his masters)
You can't have drive practice unless you have a functioning robot
Freshman are never to be left alone with 40+ red bouncy balls
Modern Theater makes robotics problems go away
Computer Tech Independent Study is a GREAT time to get robotics work done
:D

Liz Smith 01-03-2004 10:33

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
I learned that it is good to have a science teacher as your mentor when its 11:00, you're still at robotics, and you still haven't even looked at the chapters for a AP Bio test first thing in the morning...

MissInformation 01-03-2004 11:20

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
I learned to never, ever believe the students working on Chairman's Award when they say every thing is in hand without demanding PROOF. Otherwise, after 4 months time, they just may turn over three quarters of a page of writing with grammar and spelling mistakes in every line instead of the expected four pages of rough but editable material. I also learned that if you, yourself, have a good memory, lots of notes and dated photographs and another adult who is really good at writing proposals and willing to stay up late editing (thanks Christine!) you can lock you and your Chairman's group in a room, the night before it's due, with an indecent amount of sugar, and come up with something that is not too bad... however, the sugar hangover the next day will leave you whimpering at the slightest noise...

Heidi

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"In life you need either inspiration or desperation." Anthony Robbins

ngreen 01-03-2004 11:35

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
I learned meeting tommorow usually meant meeting later today.

I learned two hour from home is two far for the weekday but and barely close enough for the weekends.

If I started a FIRST team here my grades would suffer. I'm sure I have one of the higher robotics per day working average on my teams. This includes 17 1/2 and 15 hour work days.

I'm easily addicted to CD. I've pushed the portal button more times than I would like to admit.

Every team should have a food coordinator and love that person and never let them go. You can get three meals a day from robotics.

Crop-Circles 01-03-2004 12:48

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
I learn something amusing every year...

2002: The first five weeks are inconsequential.

2003: The difference between 98 lbs. and 129 lbs. is smaller then you would think.

2004: Practice shots ALWAYS make it in more then real shots.

shyra1353 01-03-2004 14:11

Re: One thing you learnt this season
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski
starting a team is hard....even with help it is still difficult/frustrating.....

agreed ... .but its all worth it in the end ...

i also learned that:
- sleep is not a neccessity ...
- robotics is life
- homework can wait
- parents get angry when grades slip
- duct tape can be scary when used inappropriately
- engineers become a lot of fun at midnight
- never let me sing when i am really hyper because i am guaranteed to ruin your favourite song
- engineers get upset when their pizza is delivered two hours late
- i will not be a good wife because i cannot solder (but i can cook and clean)
- after six weeks you have made some of the best friends ever
- classes are optional when you have more important stuff to do
- we have some of THE greatest engineers and mentors on our team
- knocking on a door works better than running into it (you dont want to know the story behind this one ... trust me on that)
- when having a race .. watch out for stairs ..... especially if you are wearing 5 inch heels .......
- once your team finds out you are terrified of spiders .. they will bug you about it forever
- I LOVE FIRST (okay i knew that before ... but i had to say it again)

** i know its not one .. but its what i learned **

/edit: i also learned that you can touch both terminals on one of the charged batteries at the same time and NOT die .......


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