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One thing you learnt this season
Tell us one important thing you learnt this season :)
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i learned how to spell......
haha i couldnt resist. I learned that fire and fat crazy kids don't mix well... |
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Here is one really important thing I learnt this season:
If you do it for yourself, you ain't gonna make it. If you do it for your team, You'll make it. |
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< shyly > that I missed FIRST :o < /shyly >
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I learned that there is difference between being a college mentor and an engineering mentor. The latter is significantly more strenuous and tiring (yet still loads of fun :D ). As a recent grad. I salute all the engineers in this program that put in all the time and effort to make their teams a success.
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Our team learned the importance of careful design before construction. We spent three days making custom gearboxes only to find out that they didn't fit...so we went back to the annoying right-angle gearboxes from the kit.
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i learned that current sensors and butane torches dont mix :rolleyes:
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broaching
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that pneumatics are fun :)
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don't listen to mentors
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dont listen to anyone who is shorter than you
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I learned how to program in C. :)
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I learned that nothing is impossible, even if it seems that way (even building a fully functioning robot in less than 3 weeks!) :D
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I learned not to underestimate the power of college vs the build :p
so far so good though...which is good :) |
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one thing I learned this year;
is that punctuation is important; and if you fail to use it properly; you get errors; /*mistakes*/ where you dont expect them; |
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I learned that you should never let an electrical engineer tell you how to mechanically assemble something. Ever.
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I learned that I will need a whip next year for keeping the electronics and pneumatics groups on schedule.
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Very funny Yan...
I learned to not have so many things to do during build season. Really let my team down. But we still got everything done; so it's good. |
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dont trust anyone over 30 or any team under with a number less than 200! :p hehe
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1.) Check the top of the drill press before using
2.) Clamp down aluminum while using box (mitre) saw (I have a thumb to show for both...) :) |
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I learned that new members are good for cleaning the room and cutting metals :D
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red metal means its hot.
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I learned that being the lead mentor, one of the designers, a fabricator, a delegator, a shipping liaison, and a 20 year old “college” student (among other things) should never be attempted ever again by anyone. I learned that whenever I bought my team sodas they would, without exception, be found at random places in our room in various degrees of fullness. I’ve learned that despite my wishes and hopes, a team without faculty and/or administration support is doomed to fold, despite the machining and engineering resources it may have. Oh. I also learned how to use a lathe and a milling machine last fall, but I guess that doesn’t count because that wasn’t the build period.
No, really, I'm not disappointed... |
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56 tooth sun gear with 3 20 tooth planet gears will NOT fit inside a 96 tooth internal gear :(
ps. u need 2 or 4 :( |
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I learned that Loctite eats thermoplastics...... The entire controls system is made of Thermoplastic! The entire robot control system costs about $1500 (including FEDEX)! Use Loctite very carefully!!!!! :ahh: |
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So I guess I learned that every snag can be overcome. |
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Captain: where is your drill sargent?
Platoon: Blooooooooown up sir! Captain: am I to understand you men completed your training on your own? Platoon: thats the fact jack! -Stripes |
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I learned one can never trust the PR department to do anything, and if they do do something, it's almost always late.
I also learned that one cannot trust someone to work on the 'bot who has never touched the 'bot before. |
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And, um, don't start putting 13 hour days in until you have to, or otherwise you will be wanting to go home at 6 on the night before ship. And your grades will look like you've had a serious case of senioritis. |
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make sure you go to all your classes.... or at least peek in them once a week
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To start planning far far ahead when creating an animation and start making objects that's not dependent on what the game is.
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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.
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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. |
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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:
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starting a team is hard....even with help it is still difficult/frustrating.....
oh turns out there is a 5 a.m....imagine that.... |
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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. :) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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...
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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 <=======> "In life you need either inspiration or desperation." Anthony Robbins |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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a hammer, a cordless drill, and a belt sander are as indespinsable as a fully functional machine shop
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1) Professional help isn't needed
2) We can beat up any other team 3) How to take a hollow aluminum tube, jam a connector on one end and hook it to the exhaust of our pneumatics system, file down a steel rod to a point on one end, place inside aluminum tube, compress 120 psi into the tanks, open exhaust valve. Denting the light in the CAD room.. Shooting it through our pizza boxes.. Creating a lethal weapon (for real) and having our teacher laugh when he sees it shot into wood. word |
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Just making it happen is the best saying to go bye......I tell people if we need somthing fixed made or repaired ..( Just Make it Happen)..and it Does.
D@VE |
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1) Pizza guys aren't used to delivering pizza to schools, ESPECIALLY at 8 o'clock at night (a pizza place actually hung up on us b/c they thought it was a prank call) 1a) mental note for next year: must get a pizza place as a sponsor.... 2) make sure you have time for error 3) scissor lifts don't work well for lifting a robot 4) pneumatics work better 5) prepare for the season before it starts |
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I also learned that aluminum chips shouldn't be pulled out of you sneaker treads with bare fingers, and that cnc cutters can cut flesh too. On a serious note I learned how to use mastercam and our CNC machine which is so cool. |
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This year I learnt the joys of officially mentoring. Not only do you get to exercise the iron fist of power, but you get to influence the little things in their lives sometimes too. I'm proud to know that he'll never fall asleep in class again as long as he eats his balanced breakfast of dew and snickers. Hmmmm....I wonder if you could make that into a smoothie? Oh yeah! I also learnt that if you absolutely need it here tomorrow and you pay extra double super expensive shipping and pray to the UPS gods - you will not get your order until a week later! And if you do get it on time, it's going to be steel instead of aluminum. |
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I learned that generalbrando's picture, check it out, might be one of the better funny FIRST pictures I've seen this year. It was my computer background for like 3 weeks.
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i learned how to plug in the battery to power up the robot...
i learned how to turn on the switch off the robot... and i learned not to get infront of the robot when its flying around 11 ft. per second around the field... |
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Tighten the bolts that hold the 18 inch sanding disk EVERY time you use it.
MAPP gas torch w/o oxygen can be forced to work (with some modifications to the nozzle) DO NOT try to bend plexi, nylon, Acrylic, polycarb etc w/ a MAPP gas torch without oxygen. If you do try that, do it outside. TOXIC FUMES Keep your fingers away from things that move quickly and/or are designed to cut things. Depressurize/power down everthing when working on it Do not expect classmates to put in estra aftershool hours. Do not restrict team members to persons in the class. Do not eat locktite, antifreeze, or buffing compound (kevin and james) Carbide wood blades cut aluminum in a chop saw (scary) Table saws cut aluminum (and then throw it across the room) Tighten the chuck on the lathe Label every thing Put everthing away Take everthing metal and large away from Kevin when he is trying to "caress" a part into a hole. (unless you want the part destroyed and then thrown across the room in anger) Grinders like to eat Kevin's keystock You can't drill 10 mm 68 rockwell hardened steel shafts with normal HSS bits. The steel shatters. T-nuts are annoying Drop-in T-nuts are AWSOME Do not let Rasiik tighten stuff you want to get apart again Good luck this year!!! -Andy |
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I learned that 12.5" polyurethane wheels are actually only 11.5" in diameter. And for some odd reason, they don't make 13.5" polyurethane wheels!! Ask Skyway?? I also learned that your kids grow a lot in 6 weeks when they're only 2.5 and 1.5 years-old respectively. But they'll still love ya'!! And most importantly, I learned that a word of encouragement and a pat on the back from a teacher/mentor means a lot to a FIRST Robotics student and goes a long way... |
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"You know you like it..." to females. "Uh oh, are you gonna attack my ankles?" to short people. |
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When your car catches on fire stand next to it and act like nothing is happening. Then, realize that you should probably call the fire department so that you will still have some way of getting to robotics. (the part about the car catching on fire is true)
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I realized just how much time I have on my hands during the 6 weeks that all you lucky FIRSTies got to build and sweat over your beloved creation. I miss that joy. College schedules don't help at all for attending regionals. My experiences from FIRST really has helped me so far through the college classes that I've taken. Standing back and just watching is so hard. But watching the growth of future/starting teams is fun. I won't have that joy of driving at regionals anymore :( Man, growing up is hard to do... |
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Plus i like to stand on things, and i'm nice a lot, its just when i'm mean, i'm really mean (only when i have to be, not a lot) SHORT PEOPLE ROCK!!! how else you put those screws in tight places and have people under the robot working on it if you didn't have little people with small hands!! You would no doubt be in deep doo doo without us short people!!! |
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true that. with a hammer, a cordless drill, some pliars and some motivation, you can do anything
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It is way easier to put something on the robot than to take it off.
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I learned that...
-CNC is good -You can make 7 tooth engagement sprockets -You get what is given and you have to do your best. --Good thing what was given is great! |
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I got to be a mentor this year and I loved it. Really, there is so much to learn, I still haven't stopped!
1. Castor wheels aren't as bad as our team once thought 2. Gearboxes are cool compared to chains 3. Really funny things happen at the shop after 1 am. 4. Each trip to the hardware store is like a trip to disneyland. 5. Rookies keep me young..... |
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How easy it is for one of your teammates to set the controller on fire :(
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That teams pull together when things get rough.
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I learned that you could scrap a whole mechanism two nights before ship, and still have it work like you did it 6 weeks ago. And also don’t let freshman use power tools. :cool:
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One thing I learned this season is that no matter what, if a team sets it's differences aside, sits together and gives democracy a shot, you can accomplish a lot. You get great results that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :)
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NEVER give up no matter what happens...
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I learned not to conect both battery termanals, on the robot battery, with a peice of metal.....I mean....uh..I did no such thing. I just accedentally held a peice of metal which kinda touched both termanals, which sent sparks flying everywhere. lol, it was awesome
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I learnt that sometimes your robot is better than your girl :p
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