Re: 2010 Palmetto Regional
 

I think I saw your back-pack cannon ( looked like a proton-pack to me lol), 343 had a robot with 10 cannons (correct me if I'm wrong). We ran into issues with the event cordinators when we tried to use it.

Re: 2010 Palmetto Regional
 

OH yeah the robot i forgot XD, yeah the backpack cannon was heavier that a mother but it worked preety well (Proton Pack LAWL). 8 cannons, haha they said UNACEPTABLE!! lol

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Can't wait for Palmetto! We have our bot tuned in and ready to go after Peachtree. Looking forward to a great event!

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1261 got our sucker working really good Saturday morning and got up to 5 goals a match, but I think that there's more change in the air for Palmetto.

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We couldn't leave things alone either. We have created some options for the drive team this weekend. We will also try to learn some new things down in Florida. Hoping things go well, so Palmetto will be smooth. I liked coming by your pits Friday and seeing what you had. I talked to one of the team moms. Good looking robot.

Re: 2010 Palmetto Regional
 

Only 33 teams and only 2 rookie teams. Get your scouts ready, Palmetto this year should be interesting. I can say after playing week one, the game plays nothing like what I expected. Baisc bots that can simplly move play a big part in this game unlike pass years. A good drivetrain, ball control, and driver experience are vital this year.

Any one hanging? Only saw 3 that even tried at Peachtree.

Re: 2010 Palmetto Regional
 

1379 will be joining everyone at Palmetto :)

we're making some changes too

Re: 2010 Palmetto Regional Staff
 

The Palmetto Regional is being supported by much of the staff than has made it great for the past 7 years. Frank Landford is the co-chair again and Carla Rickenbaker is the Volunteer Coordinator as she has been for many years.

Terrel Burch is the Head Ref, and I (Barry Hudson) will be back as the game announcer.

All 21 SC teams will be there. The social will be at the dining hall and Edgar's bowling, pool, and ping-pong.

We have a surprise for the MC, and I'll see if Frank wants to announce it before the event. He is a well-known personality in the upstate of SC.

The official Regional website is at
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/main/FRC/index.html

Again, I encourage anybody considering Clemson to try to take a tour of the campus while you are there. If you cannot make the scheduled tour, I will pesonally walk you around after the Thursday or Friday competition.

http://www.clemson.edu/ces/psu/tour.html

I will try to get details about wireless networking.

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Yay we got the M'aiken Magic annoucer!!! >.<

We're going to to be ready for palmetto the kicker in Florida Failed epically, we plan on a redesigned better, kicker ready by the end of this week. Similar to paddle wheel technology used in our tech bots.

The Tank is COMING FOR YOU!!

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If I heard it right, I think you guys got a bad deal in Florida. What was with that bumper rule?:ahh: I've seem others with one continuous bumper.:confused:
Are you refering to the type of kicker team 86 had?
Good luck in the home state.

Re: 2010 Palmetto Regional Staff
 

@ DRAKE343
Yes we did the bumpers we had were a solid wraparound, but apprently they had to be in 4 peices BUT WAIT 118, and 408 had solid wraparound bumpers as well. so we have no idea what was wrong with ours. someone just did ours at the wrong time of the morning...they didnt get their coffee yet >.<

The paddle wheel yeah it is simiar, I made a prototype a while back doing the same thing. Now i've seen one work we hope to implement one. It would work to our robots advantage alot!! If anything we got paired with some preety sad teams as well because the 2nd day we won all our matchs I beilieve. Looking forward to competiting with you guys, ya'll had a solid bot we wished you guys made it all the way, but that just makes Palmetto even better.

Good luck as well.

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945 will be there, we had the most hanging points during qualifiactions at the Florida Regional.

correct me if im wrong, but wern't 118's 4 peices stuck together with either the bumper fabric or glue on the back panels?

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Yeah, the the were mounted on one solid mount to be removed in one piece.

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Any information about internet at the stadium? Our scouting plan sorta depends on it.

Team 1261 had a relatively strong showing at P'tree with being the first pick of the fourth alliance and being able to score 4-5 points with a mediocre ball possession mechanism.

Well, we've beefed up for Palmetto. The our possession mech. now holds the ball like no one's business, and our autonomous can clear the zone of balls and score (maybe).

We're working hard to make sure we don't have to work as hard on Thursday, and hopefully we can hit the practice field hard and often.

- ttl

Re: 2010 Palmetto Regional
 

343 had a semi-finalist showing in florida, and ended quals as the number seven seeded team (ended up being the number four alliance however) but next thursday we plan to do a lot of testing with autonomous and our new ball magnet and making our lifting mechanism faster. hoping that all goes well with that :D

cant wait for next week!