Forum: Motors
01-12-2002, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: quick question
The 3.6 ratio is for no load and might not be the 'perfect' ratio to use under load conditions, but it should be close. Last year we used drill and FP motors connected 1 to 1, not be the 'ideal'...
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Forum: Motors
01-12-2002, 08:51 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,917
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Forum: General Forum
01-12-2002, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 9,332
Are there any published financial statements...
Are there any published financial statements indicating what it costs FIRST and Disney to prepare for and run the competitions? Such information might help us determine who is "right" in this...
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2002, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 5,474
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2002, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,463
Classified information
Our estimated top speed is classified, but the information will probably be declassified at our first regional in Cleveland.
We can safely say that our top speed will be under 40 mph.
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2002, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 9,332
The $75 is a bargain
If a team is not staying at the Disney hotels and not buying park passes, the $75 per person is a bargain. How much does it cost to build the stadiums, pit tents, etc? How much does it cost to run...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-11-2002, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,217
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Forum: Motors
01-11-2002, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,917
The no-load output of the drill motor and gear...
The no-load output of the drill motor and gear box in high gear is about 1000 rpm. The no-load output of the supplied cluster gear with the Chiaphua motor is about 1100 rpm. Probably the easiest...
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2002, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,674
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-11-2002, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,677
Check your cables
A few days ago we had a communications problem with our '01 robot which turned out to be the cable between the radio and the receive box on the robot. Such problems are rare, but they sometimes...
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Forum: Motors
01-10-2002, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,839
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Forum: Motors
01-10-2002, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,994
Use the cluster in the kit, or make one
The 36 PD, 25 deg gear is very non-standard, so your main choices are probably to use the gear cluster that came in the kit, or make your own wire EDM gears.
The small gear on the cluster is...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-10-2002, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,433
The 30 amp breakers will take considerably more...
The 30 amp breakers will take considerably more than 30 amps for short periods of time, but will heat up and trip much more quickly than the 60 amp breaker if run at, say, 2x its rating. Of course,...
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Forum: General Forum
01-10-2002, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 163
Views: 39,001
TechnoKats
Techno, from technology
Kats, from...
TechnoKats
Techno, from technology
Kats, from the school mascot, Wildkats
Kats is spelled wrong to go with Kokomo. I don't really like the deliberate misspelling, but it has been Wildkats for a...
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Forum: Motors
01-09-2002, 11:36 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,839
Last year--drill and F/P together
Last year we connected the drill and Fisher-Price motors end to end, ran the output of both through the drill gearbox, and drove our track drive from the output of the gearbox. While the no load rpm...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-09-2002, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,907
Stability control?
We used the gyro last year for autobalancing on the bridge, but there doesn't seem to be such an obvious application this year.
Maybe it could used damp yaw motions and make a 'squirrly handling'...
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Forum: General Forum
01-09-2002, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,657
2 batteries will do it with castors aligned
At our remote kickoff, someone tied a cord around two of our batteres and ran the cord through a pulley to the goal. If the castors were prealigned, the weight of the two batteries would (barely)...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
01-09-2002, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,716
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
01-09-2002, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,716
Last year was not typical
It is unfortunate that you were treated badly because you looked like kids. It certainly shouldn't have been that way. You need to remember, though, that last year's competition tended to bring out...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
01-09-2002, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,716
Ed and Rau, I agree with you
Ed and Raul, now that you have 'stuck your necks out,' I will do so as well.
I am now starting my seventh year as an engineer/mentor with our team. I have been involved because I feel that I am...
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Forum: General Forum
01-08-2002, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,404
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Forum: General Forum
01-08-2002, 10:03 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 907
Ours weighs 172 pounds
Our goal weighs 172 pounds on what should be accurate scales, but as Clark said, it has aluminum angle pieces around the plywood where the 'official' material is stainless steel. With the SS, the...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-08-2002, 09:54 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,140
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Forum: Motors
01-08-2002, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,872
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-08-2002, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,140
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C'mon you guys you're all inventors. You guys should be making a portable cryogenic sleep chambers for those long bus trips! You got two weeks before you have to go. Get cracking! - Koko Ed [more] 
