Forum: General Forum
21-12-2016, 13:13
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,842
Re: Max Age for FRC Participants?
Sounds a bit like my background. I went to a vocational high school (graduated 1977) and studied drafting. I worked as a draftsman on co-op my senior year designing concrete batching plants.
I had...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-12-2016, 06:23
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Replies: 6
Views: 650
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-12-2016, 06:14
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Replies: 6
Views: 650
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Forum: Pneumatics
26-10-2016, 18:28
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,717
Re: pneumatic catapults
https://grabcad.com/library/2016-525-swartdogs-2
You can download our CAD from FRCDesigns to see what we did.
We had two tanks on the high pressure side and two on the low pressure side. We used...
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Forum: Career
18-10-2016, 18:52
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Replies: 1
Views: 866
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Forum: General Forum
18-10-2016, 16:14
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,304
Re: Discussion: Release Team Field Drawings Early
At the Iowa Regional, a person from FIRST was there - during setup, I asked him who made the field drawings. He said, "I did." After a short pause to think it over, I said "You know, they were...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
13-10-2016, 03:28
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,110
Re: pic: FRC 525 - Our last 7 robots
I'm not sure. For the final version, I started it and went off to do some errands. I'm guessing around 2 hours.
I did try a couple at higher resolutions (9000 x 3000 and 8100 x 2700) but those both...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
09-10-2016, 19:54
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,110
Re: pic: FRC 525 - Our last 7 robots
The hook was held to the arms with velcro and tied to the winch with a strap. The arm, driven by torsional springs, was also held to the winch with a short cord. The first bit of motion by the...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
09-10-2016, 16:56
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,110
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Forum: Extra Discussion
09-10-2016, 16:51
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,110
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Forum: General Forum
29-08-2016, 19:05
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Replies: 122
Views: 11,308
Re: Pockets on Women's Pants
That's me with cargo shorts and ankle socks. My wife's embarrassed whenever I go out - she says no one wears ankle socks anymore. I don't care...(much)
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Forum: General Forum
24-08-2016, 04:17
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,159
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Forum: Off-Season Events
19-08-2016, 20:56
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
Thanks for the kind words - it was great to spend time with your team.
On the plane home, I sat next to a student that was heading to Philadelphia to start college at Temple. She made the mistake...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
16-08-2016, 16:52
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
We'll be leaving the hotel in a couple of hours to start the journey back to Cedar Falls. Our flight leaves Beijing at around 10:00 am and we arrive in Chicago at around 10:00 am. (13 hour flight,...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
15-08-2016, 17:19
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
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Forum: Off-Season Events
14-08-2016, 17:08
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
Possibly this one - I took this pic while they were still putting it together. This was a pre-rookie team.
Sorry, I can't get the pic uploaded from the hotel here in Shanghai. I'll try again later...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
14-08-2016, 09:34
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
Also, they announced that China is getting it's own regional next year. Week 2 in Shenzhen. We're pretty excited about that - it's what we've worked for since champs in 2012.
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Forum: Off-Season Events
13-08-2016, 17:39
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
I'll try to get a list.
EDIT: These are the returning teams that are here - I don't have the pre-rookies yet.
5306 Chongquing, China
5308 Wuhan, China
5445 Kunming, China
5449 Beijing,...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
13-08-2016, 10:45
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
1) 4334 1538 9025
2) 1690 148 9037
3) 359 987 9030
4) 1772 1595 5516
5) 2468 341 9043
6) 694 16 5308
7) 9035 4613 5800
8) 5839 525 5823
1690 declined 4334
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Forum: Off-Season Events
12-08-2016, 10:08
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
I'll post results.
We did not modify any rules - since they are trying to get their own regional, we felt it was important for it to be as much like a real event as possible.
Tomorrow is a second...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
11-08-2016, 19:45
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
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Forum: Off-Season Events
09-08-2016, 18:54
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
Here's a pic of the hotel we stayed at while sightseeing. I took this pic from an overlook yesterday morning shortly after the sun rose.
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Forum: Off-Season Events
09-08-2016, 16:21
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
We just got back from a 2 days of sightseeing while the new teams continued to work on their robots. Here's a pic I took at 4:30 AM yesterday from an overlook near our hotel.
Today most of us will...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
05-08-2016, 05:58
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
Re: China Robotics Challenge 2016
We just got to our hotel - total travel time was about 26 hours for us. We met 4334 at the airport and rode a bus with them to the hotel.
I don't have exact details on cost so I probably shouldn't...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
03-08-2016, 21:27
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Replies: 45
Views: 9,057
China Robotics Challenge 2016
We (525) are leaving in a few hours (2:30 AM) to head for Chicago and then the flight to Shanghai.
It looks like there will be about 26 Chinese teams there - mostly pre-rookies.
The international...
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If my counts are correct, during the official matches 141,077 points were scored, and a minimum of 28,746 frisbees were successfully shot into goals. All without a single decapitation, severed limb, or even one porpoise becoming accidentally entangled in the nets. - dlavery [more] 
