Forum: General Forum
01-01-2017, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 3,676
Views: 731,528
Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
When you know your math teacher is, because if you can't figure out the answer to a problem on a test you might as well guess 159 because it's always the answer to one of the questions.
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Forum: General Forum
12-22-2016, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,299
Re: Team 4499's first Homemade Gear!
Gosh guys! I'd finally got our HAAS working this month and then you guys have to show up and one-up me? :p But seriously, this is awesome! I don't think I've seen your guys new (old) VF2 in person...
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Forum: General Forum
12-09-2016, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 92
Views: 12,871
Re: [FRC Blog] FIRST Choice 2017
We at 159 got some pretty good stuff. A PD Board, four Talon SRXs, a PCM, and two CIMS. This was all the stuff we really wanted. This amounted to 740 credits, the last 10 came from... Drum-roll...
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Forum: General Forum
12-04-2016, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 11,532
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Forum: Extra Discussion
12-03-2016, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,562
Re: pic: ???
Whoa... Not only is the rivet stem a ruse but the frame is too. If you carefully look through the holes in the belly pan then there is indisputable evidence that... it was Colonel Mustard in the...
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Forum: General Forum
12-02-2016, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 968
Re: Advice for new Technical Lead
I would say that one of the most important things that you can do is to ask questions. Every team is full of excellent, intelligent students and mentors who know a lot individually. But your team as...
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Forum: General Forum
11-30-2016, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 101
Views: 6,878
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Forum: General Forum
11-30-2016, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 931
Re: Team Structure and Build Schedule
I'm not going to lie. These first two weeks of programming scare me. I read the other posts and I can understand that you don't have much preseason time, but it seems like you're moving from a...
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Forum: General Forum
11-25-2016, 09:35 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 941
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Forum: General Forum
11-21-2016, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,414
Re: Dealing with Finances
I don't know your whole situation but this is what we do. Our school district supplies our head coach (a teacher at our high school) with a school district credit card tied to the bank account we...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
11-17-2016, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 1,791
Views: 266,896
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Forum: General Forum
11-04-2016, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 7,056
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Forum: Regional Competitions
11-03-2016, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 317
Views: 71,703
Re: Registration 2017
I was wondering at what point does an event (regionals specifically) become too large an get split into two smaller events? What is the biggest regional this year, in terms of attendance? What are...
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Forum: General Forum
11-03-2016, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 552
Re: Preseason Project Help
This preseason we are building a radial omni-drive (this is what I call it, to my knowledge it seems to have lots of names). We thought it would build useful skills but also be really fun to drive. I...
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Forum: General Forum
11-03-2016, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 918
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Forum: General Forum
10-31-2016, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 5,621
Re: Scariest Robot
You likely weren't talking about us, but in 2014 we used four (4) 500lb. springs and it was scary. Scary enough that it struggled to pass inspection. That catapult rocked the whole robot every time...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
10-31-2016, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,470
Re: Happy Haloween
Sweet guys! I always love to see what you guys and Ridgebotics are doing. I realize you probably have given your dragon a name but if you haven't might I humbly make a suggestion. "Dragnetar"
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Forum: General Forum
10-28-2016, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,935
Re: Rivnut Tool
I did not know these were a thing. But let me tell you they have made my day and I fully intend to use them where I can now that I know about them. So thank you guys.:D
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Forum: Regional Competitions
10-27-2016, 09:26 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 966
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Forum: General Forum
10-27-2016, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 74
Views: 8,641
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Forum: General Forum
10-24-2016, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 74
Views: 8,641
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Forum: Regional Competitions
10-21-2016, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 6,092
Re: Most Competitive Events 2017
Am I the only one who judges the "difficulty" of an event by how many teams from IRI are playing there? I realize that not every high caliber team competes at IRI but isn't it a fairly good...
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Forum: General Forum
10-21-2016, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 13,204
Re: Best looking robot ever?
I'll back up my friends from Colorado in saying that the Landsharks' always look great. (It's hard to beat a paper mache shark) But also Angelbotics' fuzzy bumpers are pretty...
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Forum: General Forum
10-12-2016, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,666
Re: Turning 20?
Thanks Warren! We are also looking forward to whatever amazing bot you guys build.
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Forum: General Forum
10-12-2016, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,666
Turning 20?
So Team 159 is turning 20 this year (We will be competing in our 20th competition season). I was wondering who else is turning 20?
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