Forum: Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,104
Re: Easy Bumper Switching?
It looks like we played around half as many matches overall (season and offseason) in 2016, so we probably don't see as much wear as you do. That being said, we build pretty rigid (one piece) bumpers...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
Yesterday, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,104
Re: Easy Bumper Switching?
This thread (https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148363) from a while back had quite a few good solutions. I would reccomend reading it through.
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Forum: General Forum
12-22-2016, 05:55 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,426
Re: F4 - 2nd Bi-Annual CADathon
The problem is that you are uploading the assembly without uploading the parts that make up the assembly. When you open the assembly on the other computer, it doesn't have the parts to open. You can...
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Forum: General Forum
12-20-2016, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,767
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Forum: Finding A Team
12-17-2016, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,206
Re: Looking for Team #44!! Does it still exist?
Team 44 existed from 1997 to 1999. They competed in 1999 as the Ames Armadillos. They were the first Iowa team and the first John Deere team.
Through contact with one of their former members, I have...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-05-2016, 04:38 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 6,289
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Forum: Off-Season Events
10-27-2016, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 5,192
Re: Cow Town ThrowDown - Oct 28-29
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/Xqt3_kKIWI17atOmYSunRN4l49zQxJZW5qd3fIFZlOpOJ5QCix-rBZ4FVQAmEBoaY-heo0Xf=w1366-h694
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Sb8o5EBuxEaHjyNnlibbj88UPAuoqFUBPNcLMXmvgIJyWuR...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
10-27-2016, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 5,192
Re: Cow Town ThrowDown - Oct 28-29
I am really excited for CowTown! Over the past month or so an couple of teammates and I did a bit* of prescouting. I am excited to show some of that data here.
For each team, we watched match video...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
10-08-2016, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,963
Re: pic: High Traction Drivetrain Concept
1986 used a drive like this in 2014. A video of just the drivetrain is located here (https://youtu.be/v0wYWtizpUE?t=1m6s). There are certainly many other examples, but this is the one that comes to...
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Forum: Rumor Mill
09-23-2016, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,661
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Forum: Programming
09-23-2016, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,794
Re: CSS blue banners for your team's website!
Innovation in Control and Engineering Inspiration don't give blue banners, so on TBA, they don't show up as blue banners. However, if someone wants to put a blue banner on their team website for an...
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Forum: General Forum
09-21-2016, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,678
Re: STEM vs. STEAM
Some people have some questions as to whether the STEAM acronym was intentionally included and whether it refers to art. While I was looking through the DLC, I found this on the recruitment...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
09-14-2016, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,379
Re: Waterjet/Laser cutters in-house?
3928 has a Flow Mach 2 waterjet in our building. We have used it to cut some of our parts since 2015. Due to the taper in the cut, we have to drill/ream out some of the holes, but it is still very...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
08-31-2016, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 15,502
Re: Best in your State/Region
I was going to do a bunch of rankings based on different statistics for Iowa, but Golfer4646 beat me to OPR. :)
Some statistics I used to rank 2016 robot performance:
Highest Rank During Season...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
08-24-2016, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,527
Re: Show off your custom clipboards!
http://www.teamneutrino.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Strategyboard-550x349.jpg
Team Neutrino made a strategy whiteboard and magnet set that we found to be very useful. More information and...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
07-29-2016, 11:18 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 561
Re: Driver Stations
This (https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=148480) thread from a while back has pictures and desciptions of some custom driver stations including ours. If you have any questions...
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Forum: General Forum
06-06-2016, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,343
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Forum: General Forum
05-24-2016, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 855
Re: FLL Camp Curriculum
Team 3928 has run two week LEGO Mindstorms camps for a couple years. We had an advanced and beginner class with different age groups. Our curriculum is available here...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
05-19-2016, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,970
Re: Best methods of bumper mounting?
How did these even pass inspection? You seem to indicate they took more than twice the guideline time to remove. According to the 2014 game manual:
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Forum: General Forum
05-17-2016, 10:14 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 3,982
Re: Custom Drive Stations
This year, Team Neutrino redid their driver station. It is 36" long and 2.5 inches tall. I think it is 11 inches deep. We made it out of 1/8 in Aluminum for the top and bottom plates with 1/8 in...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
05-10-2016, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,970
Re: Best methods of bumper mounting?
3928 has used Stainless Steel Snap latches (found on McMaster here (http://www.mcmaster.com/#catalog/119/2924/=lk7v9y)) since 2013. At around $6.00 a piece, they aren't cheap, but make for very quick...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
04-21-2016, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 12,070
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Forum: Robot Showcase
03-30-2016, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 3,568
Re: Team 3026's MecaTrak
This really is a cool robot! It was really fun playing with you and your robot at Iowa.
Hope play with you again at North Star!
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Forum: General Forum
03-23-2016, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 861
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
03-06-2016, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,617
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