Forum: General Forum
12-20-2016, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,149
Re: Belts 9mm or 15mm?
The first time trying 9mm belts, VexPro broke all the time, replaced with Bando, same application, same tension, never broke again rest of season, "back in 2012".
Never crimped the belts or altered...
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Forum: General Forum
12-20-2016, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 2,149
Re: Belts 9mm or 15mm?
WARNING...a programmer / electrical person is attempting to pretend to talk about mechanical stuff...but this is our experience over the past 14 years.
We have done all of this...
25/35...
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Forum: General Forum
05-07-2016, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,573
Re: Cheap Electrical Parts
We have tons of old IFI Controllers. PM me if you are interested in anything like that.
http://robotnext.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5521dde2c8833010536ae78b9970b-pi
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Forum: Championship Event
05-06-2016, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,235
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Forum: Motors
04-21-2016, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,368
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Forum: Electrical
04-17-2016, 08:33 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 977
Re: How can CAD be helpful to Electrical?
Each year, on 1501, the electrical team draws the robot's electrical print in AutoDesk Electrical. Not only does it help with wire labels and troubleshooting, you can also use it for inspection to...
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Forum: General Forum
04-17-2016, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 8,202
Re: INsight: Indiana State Championships
I am sorry that this thread has turn into something to take away from the ENTIRE State of Indiana, and is leaving a negative taste about who we really are in Indiana perspectively to outsiders. The...
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Forum: General Forum
03-31-2016, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,328
Re: Matches worth watching
I agree, Wayne, it's ok, we are all good here.
If you wanted to watch a favorite match, my favorite match was F1-2 when we had to call in the rookie team 6012 as backup bot in the finals... 829...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
03-15-2016, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,034
Re: pic: FRC Team 1501 T.H.R.U.S.T. presents
Ha ha...1741...BTY...I'd like to point out, that was AWESOME that we agreed on the "Sally-Port Agreement". I hope you was able to do that in your next match as well.
Wow...very observant! Actually...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
03-15-2016, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,034
Re: pic: FRC Team 1501 T.H.R.U.S.T. presents
Nope, good catch.
We had the over the bumper collector at North Carolina. And it broke nearly every match. We struggled with harvesting in North Carolina. So for Tippecanoe, we moved the harvesting...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
03-15-2016, 08:06 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,034
Re: pic: FRC Team 1501 T.H.R.U.S.T. presents
Robot and teams are who they are because of their mentors. Our sheet metal mentor passed away sometime ago and me being a Controls Engineering mentor struggle with sheet metal. Others pick up and we...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
03-15-2016, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,034
Re: pic: FRC Team 1501 T.H.R.U.S.T. presents
I don't recall hardly any defense at Tippecanoe. I remember two robots. The second robot was very brief, 1741. (right around 1:16 you see 1741 Dukes of Hazard) we back against the batter to shoot,...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
03-14-2016, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,034
Re: pic: FRC Team 1501 T.H.R.U.S.T. presents
We have a two position angle adjustment on the top of the turret. During quals, we prefer to shoot anywhere on the field (no defense generally). We can shoot from the batter if we need too, so far it...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-14-2016, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,369
Re: IN District - Tippecanoe Event 2016
That would be 4982, Olympus Robotics, from Fort Wayne, Indiana. According to our scouting data, they had 17 goals in the high and 10 goals in the low. 4th highest high goal shooter at the event.
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-14-2016, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,369
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-14-2016, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,369
Re: IN District - Tippecanoe Event 2016
The ref's have a BIG JOB this year watching this game. I can't imagine sitting there trying to watch all the fouls, and everything they do. In this game, they might miss a defense crossing, or a...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-14-2016, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,369
Re: IN District - Tippecanoe Event 2016
I heard that in the FMS system this year, that both ref's scoring panels have to agree / be committed on the auto crossing score before teleop starts. I think teleop was starting before the ref panel...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
03-02-2016, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,369
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-02-2016, 10:26 AM
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Replies: 109
Views: 8,885
Re: Pneumatic Regulators from Automation Direct
I can never get this voucher to work for my team. I think because there is some wacky bug when I login as my company Automation Direct account, it doesn't accept the voucher or something. Is there a...
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Forum: General Forum
02-29-2016, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 6,333
Re: Top Chairman's Award Teams in your State
Well surprisingly, we (Team 1501) have never won the Chairman's Award, we've come close...matter of fact, this year we threw in the towel, my kids and mentors are done trying.
Interesting FACT...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
02-26-2016, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 109
Views: 8,885
Re: Pneumatic Regulators from Automation Direct
We chose the Automation Direct one because it has an integrated gauge. In the beginning of the season, you could not get the white gauge from AndyMark, so we went looking somewhere else. Now that...
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Forum: General Forum
02-25-2016, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,317
Re: CAW Question
There is no quantity limit on KOP items in regards to R10. If the item
is a KOP item, it does not require an associated cost on the Cost
Accounting Worksheet (CAW).
From the Glossary:
Kit of Parts...
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Forum: National Instruments LabVIEW and Data Acquisition
02-18-2016, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 669
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Forum: National Instruments LabVIEW and Data Acquisition
02-18-2016, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 669
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Forum: Electrical
02-05-2016, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,075
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