Forum: Technical Discussion
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Re: Variable Speed Gearboxes?
Belt CVTs as found in a gator or 4-wheeler are all incredibly oversized for FRC use (10-15hp, vs our 0.5-1hp). In that size category, Gaged Engineering makes a popular aftermarket belt CVT for race...
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Forum: General Forum
Yesterday, 04:34 AM
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Forum: General Forum
12-31-2016, 03:55 PM
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Replies: 10
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Re: Self-Service Cloud Machine Shop
This is a super cool idea.
How wedded are you to F360? In my case, our students have been learning CAD & CAM in Solidworks with the HSMWorks add-in.
Would there be a pathway to "import" the...
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Forum: General Forum
12-30-2016, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Practice Robot?
We build one, with identical components to comp bot. Roughly 8 veteran students & equal number of involved rookies last year, 3 highly dedicated mentors. It's expensive to buy a second control...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-09-2016, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 12
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Re: Jigging Tubing Before Weld
You can do flat weldments laid out on plywood (with dummy shafts to preserve hole alignment). This was on 192, doing welded drivetrain module frames. As long as the board was flat, we didn't even...
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Forum: General Forum
12-09-2016, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: Another team fire...
That's rough - glad it was after hours & the students were safe.
Sent a donation your way - it looks like the program is already in pretty good shape on the Gofundme too :)
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-07-2016, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Handheld Motor Tester
I love these!
841's students just made one today off the 1939 video from 2012 that uses loose Anderson powerpoles instead of the screw terminals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q4nHCzSer0)
When...
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Forum: General Forum
12-05-2016, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,785
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Forum: Pneumatics
12-02-2016, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 48
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Re: 1.1 Pump (am-3227) Really an improvement?
I was excited about it, and then my student Ruben pointed out the same thing.
We charted the performance data for comparison, the cross-over point is at 30psi. I don't think our system pressure has...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
07-27-2016, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 5,861
Re: Who makes their own wheels?
841 has done the custom wheels R&D project, and the students involved at the time got some really solid benefits out of it. We still have the Google Doc that all the research was compiled into, and...
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Forum: General Forum
07-27-2016, 06:50 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: "Gamifying" Documentation
I want a mechanism library. I don't know if my students want one. They seem to like Just Making Things.
Ideal worlds are for physicists... ;)
It takes experiencing the documentation being...
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Forum: General Forum
07-23-2016, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: "Gamifying" Documentation
This is an interesting idea!
We CAD everything, and I have been making the students do spreadsheets & (often non-toleranced...) drawings to support their work, especially whenever we're leveraging a...
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Forum: General Forum
06-29-2016, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 285
Views: 29,891
Re: California District Proposal
True that.
Though - I think *we* get a lot of benefit from the out of state teams as well. I wouldn't want to discount that before it's thrown away.
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Forum: General Forum
06-29-2016, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 285
Views: 29,891
Re: California District Proposal
Why couldn't CA district champs reserve spots for international teams, for that "high-wattage" effect?
In general, I'm glad this conversation is happening. We NEED cost-out to grow the program and...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
06-15-2016, 08:25 PM
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Replies: 134
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Re: Chezy Champs 2016
841 is definitely excited - our Slack chat lit up the morning that the email came in :)
Good rules changes, too.
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Forum: General Forum
06-15-2016, 08:16 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: What FRC Calculators do you want
There was an Excel-based extension to JVN's calculator that 841 pulled down from CD & used extensively in design this year (though we have not verified the results).
I can't find it right now...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
05-02-2016, 01:54 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,434
Re: paper: Talon SRX Breakout Boards
Sweet, thanks for the quick reply. We've been on VictorSP's the last couple years, and now exploring whether it's worth a move to Talons, so knowing "average experiences" is pretty helpful :)
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Forum: General Forum
05-01-2016, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 220
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Re: WILL.I.AM's comment on Einstein
Legendary. As will.i.am said... "I'm just gonna say it the way I feel it"
He's saying what some of us are thinking. He's saying what many of our students are thinking.
I have a lot of complicated...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
05-01-2016, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,434
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Forum: Career
05-01-2016, 03:18 AM
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Replies: 198
Views: 34,992
Re: What's your day job?
Product Engineer at SunPower Systems. I'm responsible for ongoing support of our Oasis C1 Tracker utility-scale power plant product. That includes supporting plant/project design team, construction...
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