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12-20-2016, 10:58 PM
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Forum: General Forum
12-20-2016, 08:23 PM
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Re: Belts 9mm or 15mm?
Not all belts are equal, FWIW. If you're looking at HTD profile (what VexPro and AndyMark sell) I would recommend 15mm for drivetrain. If you're running GT2/GT3 belts and pulleys, 9mm could be...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
12-16-2016, 11:05 AM
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Re: pic: 4143 differential swerve concept
First thought: This is going to be impossible to make a module drive straight. A very small speed differential between the two wheels will make this turn for any reasonable driving speed...
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Forum: General Forum
12-14-2016, 06:16 PM
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Forum: General Forum
12-12-2016, 05:51 PM
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Re: [FRC Blog] FIRST Championship Housing Registration
FWIW, I counted 6 HOF teams in Houston:
16, 120, 175, 365, 987, 1538
And 12 in St. Louis:
27, 51, 67, 103, 111, 191, 236, 254, 341, 359, 597, 1114
A large number of the extra teams in St. Louis...
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Forum: General Forum
12-12-2016, 03:14 PM
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Forum: General Forum
12-08-2016, 11:37 AM
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Forum: Electrical
12-06-2016, 12:03 AM
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Forum: General Forum
12-05-2016, 03:21 PM
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Forum: Pneumatics
12-03-2016, 02:11 AM
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Re: 1.1 Pump (am-3227) Really an improvement?
Curious also that AndyMark's specs (http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2005.htm) for the Viair 90C don't match the specs posted on Viair's website (http://www.viaircorp.com/90C.html), which pegs it...
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Forum: General Forum
12-02-2016, 03:04 PM
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Forum: Regional Competitions
11-28-2016, 10:54 AM
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Re: Registration 2016
There won't be one final number for all PNW teams, since it's different for every team. The PNW fundraised pass-through grants aren't entirely unrestricted, so the FIRST Washington staff works to...
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Forum: General Forum
11-23-2016, 02:15 PM
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Re: VEXpro 2017
Good Stuff!
Am I correct that the changes are all maintenance and assembly related and the are no changes to load ratings, etc?
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Forum: General Forum
11-22-2016, 05:49 PM
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Re: [FRC Blog] FIRST Choice 2017
Veteran teams (aka, not rookie teams) do not get a control system in their Kickoff Kit, so I would recommend you pick up those components on FIRST Choice.
If you click on the links to the various...
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Forum: General Forum
11-19-2016, 12:26 AM
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Re: 2016-17 FIRST Rookie FRC Grants
If it's the same as in past seasons, both NASA grants and FRC Rookie grants are restricted to being used for initial registration only (up until this year Boeing grants were also restricted in that...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
11-15-2016, 01:21 PM
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Forum: General Forum
11-15-2016, 01:19 AM
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Re: Right Angle Gearbox
AndyMark's LJ Bevel Box seems to fit your bill pretty well: http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2622.htm
I can't speak for the power requirement, seems like everything else is right on the...
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Forum: General Forum
11-08-2016, 02:08 PM
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Re: Advantages/Disadvantages of West Coast Drive
The primary reason to build or not build a WCD versus a "traditional" skid-steer drivetrain is what your resources are. Some teams resources lend themselves to a more traditional drivetrain, some...
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Forum: General Forum
10-31-2016, 11:16 AM
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Re: Scariest Robot
Team 60 Bulldogs 2002 robot spinning two mobile goals around...you didn't go anywhere near it.
Team 125 Nutrons 2008 robot that almost took out lighting trusses at multiple events shooting the 40"...
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Forum: General Forum
10-25-2016, 12:07 AM
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Re: The Best Team(s) in need of an event win/
In Washington, the first team that comes to mind is 2557 SOTAbots. They won the Seattle Olympic Regional in 2012, then...a lot of finalist appearances. Solid robots year in and year out and making...
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Forum: General Forum
09-20-2016, 10:24 PM
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Re: Are Steampunk Goggles Safe?
For what it's worth, while they may or may not be legal as safety glasses, Steampunk goggles are perfectly legal as forehead protectors.
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Forum: General Forum
09-01-2016, 06:23 PM
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Forum: General Forum
08-26-2016, 05:22 PM
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Re: [FRC Blog] 2017 Einsteins and More
See I thought it was 2 hours, and then I Googled "time in Hawaii" and it's 3 hours behind us...and I forgot to factor in that you don't do the daylight savings time so it's shifted during build...
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Forum: General Forum
08-26-2016, 02:58 PM
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Oh, and your t-square and pencil can't crash, unlike your laptop :D - scottydoh [more] 
