Forum: General Forum
20-12-2016, 16:49
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,732
Re: How do I CAD wires?
That last link with 1538's wiring, where do you buy those cable bus connectors that are on the CIM motors and speed controllers? I am about to order a ton of them.
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Forum: Extra Discussion
20-12-2016, 14:46
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,583
Re: pic: FRC 2869 - 2016 Offseason bot
How did you guys get the motors and gearboxes in with that tubing in the way? It looks like it would take quite a while to replace anything should a motor go out or something similar.
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Forum: General Forum
20-12-2016, 13:20
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,517
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Forum: General Forum
20-12-2016, 13:08
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,732
Re: How do I CAD wires?
This is honestly not something I would pursue during the season because you can simply leave the correct spacing in your design for the wires to pass through. This is going to increase your rebuild...
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Forum: General Forum
20-12-2016, 11:19
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Replies: 2
Views: 363
Re: 2017 NC District
The bus ride from Hillsborough to Houston was not fun in 2003. We keep adding NC teams to the list on Einstein but we have only ever had three teams ever make it and only one Einstein winner (435 in...
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Forum: General Forum
12-12-2016, 08:20
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,236
Re: Senior Design Projects
The NASA Lunabotics Competition (now martian) is one of the closest experiences to FRC I could find in a senior project. Lunar mining is not easy, and full autonomy is even harder. I competed with...
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Forum: General Forum
12-12-2016, 08:10
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,443
Re: F4 - 2nd Bi-Annual CADathon
I like that you are using GrabCAD this time around to circumvent the long load and wait times. I will shoot this over to my students to see if they want to try round 2. Make sure you post or send...
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Forum: Electrical
05-12-2016, 15:12
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,593
Re: Do you use 3d printed mounts?
I have some parts from the Mark I and Mark II on my desk and they are nearly indestructible unless you twist them heavily, heat them up, or use some other process to de-laminate the layers. I have...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
05-12-2016, 15:06
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,299
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Forum: Robot Showcase
05-12-2016, 14:35
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,613
Re: Strange Swerve 4.0 Triple Strange 1533
This looks pretty compact and quite a bit easier to repair compared to what you had on the last robot. What was the overall weight of the last system minus the tank treads and whatnot?
What kind of...
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Forum: General Forum
11-11-2016, 09:22
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,144
Re: What hath we wrought? 2016 Horror Stories
It is not the first time I have seen a robot charge into a wall but it is the first time I have seen a robot bust through. I remember the days before they put velcro on the driver stations and...
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Forum: General Forum
03-11-2016, 16:58
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,144
Re: What hath we wrought? 2016 Horror Stories
Where was that video from this season of the robot at a scrimmage blasting down the field wall and going into a crowd? That looked pretty intense too. Nobody got hurt thanks to some nice dodging...
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Forum: General Forum
03-11-2016, 16:53
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Replies: 7
Views: 852
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Forum: Extra Discussion
03-11-2016, 09:15
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,299
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2016, 11:56
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Replies: 6
Views: 711
Re: Aug Reality CAD Scouting?
Augmented reality using the eDrawings app on your smartphone will let you load your CAD model of your robot and project it using a QR code. I havent tried this for FRC but my clients love it when...
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2016, 11:23
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,144
Re: What hath we wrought? 2016 Horror Stories
Gotta have a solid frame for a game like this and for antics like these:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEKWdsOhAdY
Yes, the other team was slightly terrified we were stuck in high gear at the...
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Forum: General Forum
31-10-2016, 15:51
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,021
Re: Build Spaces?
In the case of QCRA like I mentioned above, we are in an old airport warehouse. Finding industrial space is great for us because we are a community based non-profit and not tied to any school...
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Forum: General Forum
31-10-2016, 15:43
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,144
Re: What hath we wrought? 2016 Horror Stories
Yeah I think you witnessed us smoking after the match. Asheville was not kind to us. Our climber gearbox decided it was done after about 60 climbs so we used our backup from then until Champs. ...
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Forum: General Forum
18-10-2016, 12:09
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Replies: 83
Views: 13,212
Re: Best looking robot ever?
Some honorable mentions have to be the robots below. You can take one look at the paint and know which team you are looking at because these teams have built that brand that most people...
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Forum: General Forum
17-10-2016, 16:32
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Replies: 83
Views: 13,212
Re: Best looking robot ever?
It is so hard to qualify which robot for me is the best looking ever, but year after year this team collectively builds some of the most striking machines.
I think Recoil from team 118 and all of...
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Forum: General Forum
17-10-2016, 15:53
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Replies: 83
Views: 13,212
Re: Best looking robot ever?
Apologies if that was taken as a negative remark, that was supposed to say that this robot is gorgeous then or now, and even more impressive because it was 2002. Our robot in 2002 came onto the field...
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Forum: General Forum
17-10-2016, 15:22
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Replies: 83
Views: 13,212
Re: Best looking robot ever?
Without the spinning dome light I almost wouldn't have believed that was from 2002! I only ever saw that robot from far away but it is exceptionally beautiful for that era!
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Forum: General Forum
12-10-2016, 12:32
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,185
Re: Achieving Consistency
For us, we had two students using CAD but there was a huge choking point in our progress last season with only two people creating the content for the entire mechanical team. This season we trained...
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Forum: General Forum
12-10-2016, 09:50
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,185
Re: Achieving Consistency
A lot of the things I have to say have been said but I can add a few. Most people overlook a couple of things such as combining designs to simplify your robot design. A lot of people this year...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
10-10-2016, 15:04
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,251
Re: pic: 24 Years of Game Pieces
I had something very similar to this I shared with the team but it also included goals, field topography, and other game elements besides the scoring pieces. There is a certain trend the games all...
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I feel that I learned more last year than any previous year because of the challenges we faced. - paldrid [more] 
