Re: Galileo 2009
 

Amen to that, now lets not forget about the ever so colorful WildStang. We still have a few tricks up our sleeves.

Re: Galileo 2009
 

(whew) at least we're unlikely to end up dead last, with our max at 86 out of 87.
Absolutely! EVERYone knows that Galileo is the best division, and that's why they put so many of the very best teams there. Just that, like Wayne said, there's gonna be a lot of blood from all the thrashing....

Sad to say, while 1676 will be there in force, I won't.:mad: Work beckons. Sorry to be missing it.

Don

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Galileo is easily the best spirited. I wouldn't say that it's because we're talking the most here, I just believe that Galileo got the most avid Chief Delphi users. :D.

Re: Galileo 2009
 

For some strange reason, the HOT Team seems to have tapped into The Well of Ultimate Spirited-ness this year. My team-mates have amazed me this year (we're usually a pretty reserved group).

Can't wait to bring the noise!! :D

Re: Galileo 2009
 

I guess the pride in the sucess of your team helps, but then again you're always successful. Or maybe the cheering brought success, that means in order to beat 67 you have to take down their cheering section (graciously of course), a whole new strategy of game play.

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Well it's nice to to know that we'll probably finish around 79th. But hey there's a .5% chance at finishing at #11! Who knows though I've seen (and experiaced) wiered things at FIRST competitions.

Team 753 robot description:
Holds 5 balls comfortably and up to 7 total.
Consistaly collects balls.
Quick one ball dumper-cannon.
Good defense.

Good Luck everyone!

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Yes I have to agree with Megan on this one. Our team has surprised me as well, normally our team is quite reserved because of all the amazing scouting our teams does. I think our repeated success this year has been a catalyst for such a change. I feel the great cheering has greatly impacted our drive team and kept morals up even when it seemed we would lose, which helped us turn around and win :D. We have some new cheers that have helped us compete with the great teams like rush(27), killer bees(33) and the thunderchickens(217). I hope we can keep it all up in Atlanta :D

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Team 971 robot specs:

Wide 6wd, 1 CIM per side, traction control via follower wheels
Open hopper with ground collection, ~20 ball capacity
Dumper, 2 balls wide, fast and high accuracy

Video available here, high quality download here.

Re: Galileo 2009
 

For anyone interested I posted some fun signature userbars over here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...348#post849348

Support Galileo, or, if you can't pick, there's even one for every division!

Re: Galileo 2009
 

:( Don! I am so upset to hear you won't be in Atlanta!
Alas, the show must go on. You teams better not give any funny business on the field because Paul and I will be your scorekeepers for GALILEO and penalties give us more to do. :p Also, please check all connections on your robots!

Personally, I want to see good play and high energy! Clearly, GALILEO is the best field this year but I want everyone to know it! :D Can't wait to start!

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Forgot the robot specs:

279
Powerful ground pickup conveyor
pneumatic elevator/hopper
~7 balls w/ 9 being dangerous
Close-up shooter

new and improved, dynamic autonomous with multiple directions/speeds
guarenteed to score within 10 seconds of teleoperated with 6/7 balls scored everytime.

I took a look at 971's video...wow. must find HOT's video/pics. [link?]

Re: Galileo 2009
 

I didnt even realize 971 was in this division.
The robot is awesome and will do some damage in this competition.
We had a good match together at SVR in a very heated match and look forward to teaming up again. :D

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Videos are on youtube... search FRC67

Re: Galileo 2009
 

Pictures of our robot can be found here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/tags/frc67

Team 245's Michigan State Championship videos (http://www.adambots.com/wiki/2009_Mi..._Video_Archive) don't seem to be on TBA yet, but you can see us in Quarterfinals 1, Semifinals 1, and the Finals. If you try to watch the videos in the browser, they will take forever to buffer, so right click and Save As to download to your computer.

The camera at MSC sure liked to follow us a lot :D

Team 67 Robot Specs:

Floor Loaded with a wide collection swath
Can hold around 16 balls
Double-wide accurate powered "spitter"
Wide 6wd with traction control
We go for human floor loading in autonomous, but also have many other auton programs up our sleeve...

Re: Galileo 2009
 

thanks for the link but i couldn't actually see which one was your robot in the matches. oh well.