Forum: General Forum
28-11-2016, 19:55
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,339
Re: Recommendations for new joysticks
Here is another option if you are still looking. We bought two of them last year to use for tank drive and didn't have any issues with them. They are ambidextrious, that thumb rest can be moved to...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
10-04-2016, 20:26
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,232
Re: pic: Oops.
Hmm do robot's eye view count? We had a GoPro on when we flipped.
Although I was hoping not to put the "If you can read this roll me over" sticker to use. :)
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Forum: Regional Competitions
10-04-2016, 13:56
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Replies: 211
Views: 52,844
Re: 2016 Alliance Selection Results
PNW District Championship
1) 5803 1318 3663 (QF)
2) 1983 1425 2907 (F)
3) 1540 2046 2522 (SF)
4) 4450 2557 4061 (QF)
5) 360 4469 3238 (W)
6) 955 4488 3393 (QF)
7) 1258 4131 2471 (QF)
8) 3574...
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Forum: General Forum
05-04-2016, 18:30
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,047
Re: Please take this survey!!!
Oops I went for off season competitions, I'd have to count up how many community events (and decide which ones were too small to count as well).
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Forum: Regional Competitions
05-04-2016, 15:32
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Replies: 211
Views: 52,844
Re: 2016 Alliance Selection Results
I'm going to say that part of the reason is good defense is really shutting down some top shooters, and the best defense are the first second picks. Good defense bots, at least the events I have been...
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Forum: General Forum
31-03-2016, 12:31
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Replies: 56
Views: 17,493
Re: 2046 robot stolen
For those of us that have marked trailers there is a pro and a con
Pro: Your trailer is easily spotted and you gain recognition
Con: Your trailer is easily spotted and people can guess what's...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
29-03-2016, 14:06
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,062
Re: Club For Everyone!
"Flying over the defenses and I think the whole gym heard that robot land on the ground club"
-No robots were injured in the making of this statement
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
20-03-2016, 20:00
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,966
Re: FRC STRONGHOLD - Game Planning Sheet
Recommendation: If you have a laminator, laminate the sheets and use a wet erase marker on it. That way you can reuse the sheets match to match and event to event. (I always have at least three, in...
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Forum: Scouting
19-03-2016, 19:33
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,882
Re: Tableau at PNW Districts
Thank you, it is awesome to be told that we are being noticed. Random fact about our team, we've always been in the position where we become a captain or don't go to elims at all. So not our first...
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Forum: Team Organization
17-03-2016, 18:44
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,615
Re: Becoming Competitive
As for building a "better robot" I would suggest you read this: http://people.clarkson.edu/~jcarroll/FIRST/Engineering_Design_Process_in_Competition_Robotics_-_PAPER.20091204.pdf
(If you have...
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Forum: General Forum
16-03-2016, 23:17
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,492
Re: what should a drive coach do during a match?
Nick, do you have two people physically driving the robot or do you essentially have two coaches?
Definitely take what Mr. Steele said into consideration when deciding on roles, he stated it very...
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Forum: Scouting
16-03-2016, 22:30
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,882
Re: Tableau at PNW Districts
We've considered using Tableau as well, it's actually on my laptop, I just haven't dedicated the time to learning it proficiently enough for competition use.
Not to mention we do not have enough...
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Forum: General Forum
14-03-2016, 18:54
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Replies: 92
Views: 11,516
Re: Banging the driver station
I don't understand why they would yellow card this. It was once from what you say, and they specifically warned all of us about driver stations being knocked off in in "Week .5" and that we should...
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Forum: General Forum
14-03-2016, 14:37
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Replies: 92
Views: 11,516
Re: Banging the driver station
I don't mind the robots hitting the Driver Station Wall too much. We have Velcro on the bottom of the driver station, but I also set my clipboard and the co-driver his Xbox controller up there. My...
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Forum: Scouting
08-03-2016, 14:37
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,583
Re: Scouting Better
I hear a lot about making scouting more efficient with technology scouting, my team uses paper match scouting, with info about previous seasons on a Google Sheet. Scouting night was down to 2 hours...
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Forum: General Forum
07-03-2016, 14:39
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Replies: 23
Views: 4,291
Re: KISS
I know this is true for at least the second finals match at PNW Auburn Mountainview, and I believe also true for the first match, but the winning alliance was behind in points at the end of teleop...
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Forum: General Forum
07-03-2016, 14:31
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Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,294
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season
While wiring the robot and of course cutting some zip ties, student next to me starts singing "Another one bites the dust, and another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust"
At...
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Forum: General Forum
31-01-2016, 22:19
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Replies: 10
Views: 969
Re: teams past performance
What awards and otherwise are you looking for that The Blue Alliance doesn't list? Also, what are a couple of the teams you are having a hard time finding info for?
Edit: You have scrolled through...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
25-01-2016, 11:45
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Replies: 2
Views: 986
Re: pic: Stronghold Game Elements
I thought about adding the names to it, but this particular image was used for Facebook, where the amount of time a viewer looks at a single image is often very small.
The strategy sheet I have has...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
25-01-2016, 11:24
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Replies: 2
Views: 986
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Forum: General Forum
16-01-2016, 13:47
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Replies: 10
Views: 4,081
Re: Tape Measure Winch
If you guys want to use a tape measure winch, you may want to keep in consideration the rule update (Update 2, page 2) (https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.net/frc2016manuals/TeamUpdates/02.pdf) that...
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Forum: General Forum
05-01-2016, 18:05
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,440
Re: Pit Crew Ideas
http://i.imgur.com/hqo4Vs0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5htMcIT.jpg
Here are two angles of our 2015 pit, the pegboard was painted a matching green for the next competition. This year the safety board is...
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Forum: General Forum
16-12-2015, 20:57
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,888
Re: Admin manual is out
So the rest of us can expect to wait until the 18th, or maybe later, for the Admin Manual? This makes at least two years in row that something has been mistakenly released then..
Eliminations? I...
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Forum: Website Design/Showcase
15-12-2015, 14:25
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,659
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Forum: General Forum
15-12-2015, 13:14
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,886
Re: Project Management Software/System you use
Thank you for the input! Right now I am using Excel and I color code different tasks to indicate importance, it automatically throws red on top and green on bottom. I also have a details column and...
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