Re: Detroit Regional
 

Hi ya'll, my name is Fennig and I am aprt of Team 247, Da' Bears. I wanna say wow, this has been a great year for us and for everyone that we have been with. I am a senior and all I can say is this is how I would want my year to end and no other way.

As a team, we have been doing great and the Detroit Regional topped it off.

People asked about our robot, a little more about it, it is not 6WD...it is 4WD with a combination of High (15ft/sec) and Low(8ft/sec) gear. Two omni wheels and two tracion wheels (we acutally went threw 4 pairs throughout the Detroit weekend). Our ramp is at 14 Degrees and raises up to 12 1/2".

I wanna make a shout out to all the teams in Detroit and Pittsburgh. You did a fantastic job and that was some hard competition.

Another shoutout to teams 337 and 903 for the regional wins, as a team we couldnt have done it with out you guys and I am glad we picked you guys up.


A special shout out to team 123. Two regionals in a row in one week. Thank you guys for the pick in Pittsburgh and we are glad that we returned the favor by picking you guys up in Detroit. And to the scouting team from both 123 and us (247), I am glad that I was a part of scouting and glad I did all that I could from running to our matches, and helping out 123 with their matches. This was a great two competitions and I am glad 123 was there with us for both.


I hope to see all of you guys in Nationals again and can't wait for it to come.

Re: Detroit Regional
 

As Field Manager again at Detroit, I would like to say thanks to everybody for an awesome event. The energy level at the Detroit Regional is unbelievable. After putting four long days into Great Lakes then 2 1/2 days of work you'd think I'd be dragging at Detroit, but the event is so much fun and everybody is so hyped its a total joy.

A couple of big shout outs.

1- The field reset and queing crews, you guys were awesome yet again. Constantly blowing up tubes is a pain but you guys stayed on top of it without any prompting. We had a couple of special situations and a visit from the governor and you guys handled it like pros. A truly fantastic job.

2- Thanks to all the teams, "No Blood before Ten", silly as it seems, cut our injuries to nearly zero. Compared to last year, even compared to Great Lakes the week before this was a phenomenal accomplishment. In addition, the pits were kept clean with hardly a shaving to be found on the floor.

3- Thanks to FIRST for overhauling the scoring system, it operated nearly flawlessly for two weeks in a row. Given the problems I've experienced over the past four years this was a welcome surprise.

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful time.

Cheers to all,

Ben Tower

P.S. We left the "Found" stuff at the Wayne State Matthai Field House facility office, if you're missing something give them a call.

P.P.S. Go Bears

PPPS. I've got thousands of pictures taken from field level. Give me a shout if you want some.

Re: Detroit Regional
 

Thanks Ben for the great work at the event. I was there Sat and everything went great and it looked like everyone was having a great time.

Thanks for the note on the "Found" items. The blue jacket was mine. I took the tag off it that morning. It got knocked off the bleacher seat in all the cheering.

Re: Detroit Regional
 

I think a lot of people dropped things off those bleachers. At one point Saturday morning I dropped my cell phone off the bleachers...definitely not a good thing. Luckily it managed to just pop out the battery so thank God it didn't break.

Re: Detroit Regional
 

Are there any videos from this regional?