Forum: General Forum
Yesterday, 01:30 PM
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Forum: General Forum
12-31-2016, 03:32 PM
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Re: Robot in 3 Days 2017
I also did not mean to sound harsh. Last year my rookie team was quite impressed with Ri3d but decided to go in other directions. I think it would be great to have far out design ideas every...
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Forum: General Forum
12-31-2016, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 40
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Re: Robot in 3 Days 2017
"So either teams are too proud to just copy Ri3D and hone their reliability and driver skill to field a competitive robot, or teams aren't able to translate the design they see in a video into an...
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Forum: General Forum
12-29-2016, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 15
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Re: Practice Robot?
Well we are going to try it for the first time this year. I guess at 24 our team is not "small" but we are just starting to do a little CAD work and I estimate our build team as being about 6 or 7...
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Forum: Motors
12-26-2016, 12:13 PM
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Re: Drill motors for go cart project
drill motors for this application are touchy. You need to very firmly support the "outboard" end of the shaft or the planetary gearbox will strip. If I recall some prior misadventures you also have...
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Forum: General Forum
12-18-2016, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,515
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
12-13-2016, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 14
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Re: Would it be a Penalty?
As it would come down to the mood of an individual judge, and to whether you inadvertently damage the robot you are trying to Graciously Help, it sounds as if it is probably not a great idea.
Tacitus
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
12-13-2016, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,462
Would it be a Penalty?
Viewing last year's matches I was struck by how often a high center of gravity robot would tip over and be effectively done for the match. Discussing this in a design sense with my team an...
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Forum: General Forum
12-11-2016, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,273
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Forum: General Forum
12-11-2016, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,273
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Forum: General Forum
12-08-2016, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 23
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Re: Less Than A Month Left!!!!
We will have more kids interested in costumes this year. Steampunk is visually fun. Medieval Sieges? Less so. Damsels in tall pointy hats or warriors with broad swords are in differing ways a...
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Forum: General Forum
12-07-2016, 10:01 AM
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Replies: 9
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Re: Political Issues within Team
In any group of people there will always be potential for conflict. Maybe a bit less when they have similar interests and goals. Maybe a bit more when they are under time and performance pressure....
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Forum: General Forum
11-28-2016, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 607
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Forum: General Forum
11-21-2016, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 70
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Re: Build Season Schedule Questions?
We have an off school build site. One of our team parents shuttles members over after school. So M thru Friday we meet from 4 to 7. Saturday 10 to 3 or so. We try to avoid having to provide two...
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Forum: General Forum
11-18-2016, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 727
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Forum: Regional Competitions
11-17-2016, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 317
Views: 71,703
Re: Registration 2017
From earlier in this thread. When submitting for a Kickoff event I kept getting something that said Information Saved instead of, Yep, good to go. I called FIRST and they said that's how it...
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Forum: Team Organization
11-15-2016, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,438
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Forum: Regional Competitions
11-04-2016, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 317
Views: 71,703
Re: Registration 2017
Something of a Registration question. When I try to sign up for Kickoff event I get a message that says my data has been Saved, not that it has been Sent.
Another FIRST website glitch? I will...
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Forum: General Forum
11-01-2016, 07:03 PM
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Replies: 72
Views: 6,879
Re: Phone Policy
If we are not keeping them too busy to waste time in this fashion then we, as mentors, have to bear some of the responsibility. I keep a few tedious, non time critical jobs in reserve for the...
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Forum: Fundraising
10-20-2016, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,870
Re: Large Corporate Sponsorships?
I had an interesting experience yesterday. I am recently retired and have gone back to our local tech school to learn things that interest me and will enable me to, well, fake wisdom in the face of...
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Forum: General Forum
10-19-2016, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 6
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Re: trouble getting students signed up on stims
Similar issues. On some that do go through the consent form does not show. Other things appear to happen randomly. Two months after confirming my Lead Mentor status I got an email yesterday...
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Forum: General Forum
10-18-2016, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Florida FRC Funding
Wisconsin is sort of jumping on the bandwagon. This year there is a one year only matching grant for robotics teams. Not just FRC, other high school level programs qualify as well. Matches up to...
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Forum: General Forum
10-18-2016, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,300
Re: Discussion: Release Team Field Drawings Early
As a low resource team that is stepping up to be a mid resource team I say don't change the current system. We actually appreciated having a task we could set our kids to while the robot design was...
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Forum: General Forum
10-17-2016, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 25
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Re: Seven Rivers Regional/Lacrosse, WI
Do you expect to fill? We are on the bubble regards doing a second Regional and can't commit at this time. But it tempts us being so close. When does registration close?
T.Wolter
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Forum: General Forum
10-14-2016, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 8,900
Re: Quitting FRC for Vex?
Chief Hedgehog..
In terms of your main question, how to pitch this to school administration, you can probably make this argument: "We have a huge inventory of parts and such from past seasons. So we...
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