Forum: General Forum
10-11-2016, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,626
Re: Worst you've seen to the Defenses?
Well... We had our drive gearboxes unprotected... (I think you can see where this is going) and during a Qual match at Denver we drove over the Ramparts hit our CIMs and sheared one of them...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
10-10-2016, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,422
Re: pic: Team230 Damaged Frame Rail
So I suppose I should have clarified. I agree that structurally the tube concept is overkill. It adds support the rail doesn't really need. We did this because we felt that just pressing the bearings...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
10-10-2016, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 4,422
Re: pic: Team230 Damaged Frame Rail
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B43g8oXHbXVwTXp5YWtVdGUwNlprM21sR2FaQ3RxVWo2QTVJ
So I'm wondering if more teams do this? ^^ It's hard to tell from the picture but we welded thick wall aluminum...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
10-07-2016, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 5,861
Re: Who makes their own wheels?
We made wheels during the 2016 season for our shooter. We needed flywheels and we found some in our many years worth of old stuff and were going to use them but realized that a) the shaft hole and...
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Forum: General Forum
10-07-2016, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 994
How many robots driving simultaneously?
At an event at Woodward Governor last night I saw three 159 robots drive at once, and there was another in our shop that was capable of driving and will be this weekend at NoCo Maker Faire. So we...
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Forum: General Forum
10-03-2016, 10:50 AM
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Replies: 149
Views: 23,871
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Forum: General Forum
10-03-2016, 10:41 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,586
Re: Mecanum Demo-Bot Recommendations?
Yes, R.C. we were using the updated rollers. The robot they were on was from 2015's game. I would expect that they broke because in 2015 my team had a large number of problems, and that directly...
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Forum: General Forum
09-30-2016, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,586
Re: Mecanum Demo-Bot Recommendations?
We have had VEX mecanum wheels break on us. It seems like everyone else has had a good experience with them so take my advice with a grain of salt. AndyMark mecanums are more durable. The VEX ones...
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Forum: General Forum
09-28-2016, 03:40 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,407
Re: Side Project Ideas?
I would suggest something that we have been doing. We are an old team and as such have random parts of old robots lying around. We have cobbled them together to make something new. It was pretty easy...
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Forum: General Forum
09-28-2016, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,223
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Forum: General Forum
09-28-2016, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,241
Re: RoboMasters
That's funny I was reading the same article this morning. When I saw it I immediately thought it looks like FIRST on steroids. It became clear though that it is something very different, but still...
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Forum: Games/Trivia
05-17-2016, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 896
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Forum: Chit-Chat
05-16-2016, 11:17 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 482
Re: Monday Thread/Topic Revival
I realized I didn't give an answer! I think my favorite robot movie of all time is Star Wars (It has robots in it). Transformers 4 did have an FRC robot in it though...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
05-16-2016, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 482
Monday Thread/Topic Revival
Hello CD!
Recently I have seen a couple of VERY old threads brought back to life and I have decided to try something fun. Every Monday I will find a thread that hasn't been posted to in 5+ years and...
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Forum: General Forum
05-11-2016, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 9,154
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Forum: General Forum
05-11-2016, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 10,512
Re: Hardest Shooting Robots
Although not a robot from this year the most powerful shot I have ever seen was 159's robot from 2014. It was a catapult and the power it had was incredible overkill. The catapult was powered by four...
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Forum: General Forum
05-06-2016, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,304
Re: Looking for a hassle-free 3D printer
I'm going team Lulzbot as well. My school has a number of 3D printers and I would say in terms of ease of use Dremel 3D printers are good for $1,000. But if you're willing to spend and extra ~$2,000...
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Forum: General Forum
05-06-2016, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,841
Re: Robot logos
Last year we made a logo for our robot. Our leadership was convinced that we should look cool (It didn't matter, we still sucked). Unfortunately I do not have a picture of the logo. It was made by a...
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Forum: Rumor Mill
05-01-2016, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 11,048
Re: Water Game 2017
I think FIRST will give us a water themed game, you know like how Stronghold was Middle Ages/Castle themed. They'll give us a game about water but without any actual water in it.
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Forum: Extra Discussion
04-29-2016, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,304
Re: pic: Another stripped VexPro gear
We had a VEX gearbox failure in the same type of gearbox. But it was the gears that failed, it was the casing. We took an especially rough underside impact and sheared the CIM right out of the black...
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Forum: General Forum
04-27-2016, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,956
Re: Different Drivetrains
We built a pretty interesting drive-train this year, it was a 8 wheel, drop center, articulated tank drive. The articulation was what made it really interesting. One side of the drive-train (4...
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Forum: General Forum
04-27-2016, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 3,676
Views: 731,587
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Forum: General Forum
04-26-2016, 09:06 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,402
Re: Printing Prosthetic Hands for Children
E-nable protects you as a manufacturer. The safety guidelines regarding the hands state that "The person signing below (“You”) is either the individual recipient of the Design or...
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Forum: General Forum
04-25-2016, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 47
Views: 14,389
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Forum: Championship Event
04-24-2016, 09:14 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,067
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