Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

as stated above 2228 had a great time at buckeye!!! after a complete turn around from FLR we got our bot working and were thrilled to make it to the semis with X-cats 191 and GaCo 1629!!! Another great FIRST experience, and a memorable one for a senoir!!

Thanks for the great competition and congrates 1126, 1024, 1386, and 2048 for winning!

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

If you need any help with this, I can help. More accurately I can put Lesman and some of our other team members to work on this.;)

And thanks Team 48 for the web cast. I had a couple of friends watching who loved it. Their first time to see a FIRST competition.

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Thanks for the suggestion. Best I can do is point you and your teammates to the central collaborating point for TBA/SOAP: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=175

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

The Buckeye Regional was amazing! After coming back to the hotel on Thursday I wasn't sure how the Buckeye Regional was going to be. I would like to thank all the FIRST volunteers, planning committee, both the FTA guy and IRI guy for fixing the field issues Thursday night, the referees, judges, and the game announcer and MC who made the Buckeye Regional fun and exciting! Congrats to team 1024 for being three time regional winners this year! Also I would like to thank them for picking us to be alliance partners in the finals. I would also like to thank teams 2048 and 1386 for helping us out in the finals. We couldn't have done it without you guys! Again thanks to everyone for making this regional possible and FUN! I would also like to thank the X-cats team 191 for being so gracious throughout the week and helping us out when we needed it. You guys are awesome!

As many of you watched I believe that it was Match 59 and Finals match #2 when our Robot had troubles and just stopped on the field. After match #59 we took a look at the problem. After looking over our entire robot we took another battery in and it worked perfectly. After doing more diagnostics we found out that the battery that was in our robot during match #59 had a bad cell. Then in Finals match #2 the same thing happened with a different battery. The cell went bad. We are not sure how this happened but are wondering if anyone has had similar issues or anything that they think could possibly be causing this problem. Thanks again to everyone for making this a memorable regional!

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

Might see if you are putting a very large Current spike
on the battery. A weak cell would fail if it wasn't generating
voltage that matches the others.

Peak reading ammeter would do this or just use a scope
and a .010 resistor in series to see the current spikes.

Thats all I can think of or you had the worst statistics on
record with Two rotten batteries.

Hope this helps

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

Congratulations and Thanks to our Partner teams!
What a great alliance!




Photo compliments of Bob Jadloski / Team 48 photog and FIRST

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

1317 had a great time, even though our drivetrain got a little messed up on Friday. Luckily, we had Mini-Me as a backup. :D

Congratulations to the winning alliance, those were some fabulous bots!

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

I'd be glad to help, especially if a certain teacher gives us some extra free time in Stats and Cisco...

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

I'd like to take a moment (and my first post) to thank EVERYONE who makes FIRST happen!

Then I'd like to follow up with a HUGE THANKS to teams 1024, 1126 who saw something in our robot... We appreciate it that you believed in us as much as we believe in ourselves.

After that, I'd like to thank team 2048 for finishing in our spot, helping bring home the victory for our alliance.

Man I sure would really like to find out how to use the gyro and accelerometer to make it easier to navigate in autonomous mode...

and lastly, I'd LOVE to do my best in learning more things that I can help our team members be more successful.

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

Just come over and see me or any of our guys sometime in Atlanta. I'd be happy to give you all at 1386 some pointers.

Thanks for your assistance in the eliminations!

-q

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

Buckeye 08' was my first out-of-state FIRST competition, my second in general. The amount of energy and spirit I witnessed there was overwhelming. I can't wait to see what things will be like in future competition. See you all there and good luck!

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

Compared to last year's competition, what you seen was nothing. The energy there wasn't as great, but hopefully next year will be better.

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

Does any one know where i can find pictures of us two Leprechaun's? I have looked and i cannot find any.

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

Blakcheez-
If what you say is true, then I'm definately sticking around. What I saw at buckeye 08' was incredible, but if past years have indeed yielded greater results, then I'll be around to witness them in future years. If I saw only a portion of everyones energy at buckeye, I can't wait to see what everyone will be like in Atlanta.

Re: Buckeye 2008!!!
 

I don't know, but there's not much posted on CD media from Buckeye, and the region's site hasn't updated the gallery yet.

I've yet to attend an Atlanta event, but from what I hear, it's awesome.