Forum: Regional Competitions
16-12-2016, 10:22
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,489
Re: Texas Regionals
A couple years back, a committee of a team reps was put together by FIRST in Texas to advise on the whole District transition. I was/am on that committee. While it didn't go very far, one of the...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
08-12-2016, 21:03
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Replies: 5
Views: 950
Re: Disassembling Pneumatics?
By the book, yes, there does need to be some modification to make it "fabricated after kickoff". What that modification is depends on you. I mean, technically, if you mark it with a sharpie you've...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
08-12-2016, 13:37
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Replies: 5
Views: 950
Re: Disassembling Pneumatics?
Per the 2016 rules (and speaking generally), yes, those would be assemblies made before kickoff and would not be allowed. To play it totally safe, you would need to disassemble everything (including...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
15-11-2016, 16:33
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,489
Re: Texas Regionals
I never said a regional model is better. My comments are directed toward what has transpired and what I know about what it takes to transition to the District model.
As I've often mentioned to...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
15-11-2016, 13:38
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,489
Re: Texas Regionals
Along the lines of what Allen says, I think the focus has to shift from raw team count to team sustainability. Texas was on a pretty good run for about 3 years from 2011 to 2014 with fairly good...
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Forum: Electrical
08-11-2016, 14:03
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,639
Re: Suicide Cables Safe for Motors?
To answer your most pertinent question: Yes, FRC motors when stalled can draw dangerous amounts of current. The stall current on a full size CIM is about 130A. While there is a risk you would damage...
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2016, 10:27
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Replies: 54
Views: 6,147
Re: What hath we wrought? 2016 Horror Stories
Unless those wires shorted to each other, that's probably not what was happening. Assuming everything was taped over as it should be per the rules and the inspection checklist, the loosening of your...
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Forum: General Forum
28-10-2016, 13:58
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Replies: 62
Views: 7,847
Re: FIRST website is an embarasment
Yeah, FIRST definitely needs to check on how that system is operating. Things I've noticed this year:
1. I was good for YPP screening with my old team, but when I started a new team as a lead...
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Forum: General Forum
25-10-2016, 13:42
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Replies: 40
Views: 4,607
Re: The Best Team(s) in need of an event win/
For Texas, my absolute "never ever had a win but needs one" pick would be 2881, a Girl Scout team in Austin that has consistently good robots, an awesome image, and all around great people.
A close...
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Forum: Electrical
26-09-2016, 16:50
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,087
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Forum: Electrical
26-09-2016, 12:19
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Replies: 36
Views: 2,087
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Forum: Extra Discussion
07-09-2016, 14:14
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Replies: 98
Views: 10,566
Re: paper: Stop the Stop Build
This, in my humble opinion, this is why Zondag's proposal won't fly for Regional teams. FIRST wants everyone to move to Districts. Being able to highlight the work time out of the bag in your shop to...
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Forum: General Forum
26-08-2016, 16:29
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,168
Re: [FRC Blog] 2017 Einsteins and More
Please, Frank, read this and do it. Just say it's 05:00 Wednesday February 22, 2017 UTC. Define it against an unambiguous internationally defined time.
Also, isn't "midnight Tuesday" actually the...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
10-06-2016, 17:50
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,286
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Forum: Off-Season Events
10-06-2016, 10:15
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,286
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Forum: General Forum
03-05-2016, 19:53
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Replies: 220
Views: 39,690
Re: WILL.I.AM's comment on Einstein
Consider what is necessary to reach the population you are alluding to. It's not an easy one to reach. And dropping an f-bomb on your biggest stage is vinegar, not honey.
You'll note from my...
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Forum: General Forum
03-05-2016, 18:18
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Replies: 220
Views: 39,690
Re: WILL.I.AM's comment on Einstein
For the record, I never suggested that FIRST is a Christian Robotics organization nor that it should attempt to be one.
I'm actually not offended by the comment personally. But if we are going to...
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Forum: General Forum
03-05-2016, 18:12
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,337
Re: Movement Towards Video Review
So what can and cannot be reviewable?
In college football, it's things related to possession, side lines, goal line, and end line (including goal posts). That's it. You can't review holding, pass...
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Forum: General Forum
03-05-2016, 16:14
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Replies: 45
Views: 3,337
Re: Movement Towards Video Review
You are presenting this as though it is indisputable that you were pinned. However, that's not so indisputable.
G22 reads:
And yes, the blue box reads, in part:
But one could argue you had a way...
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Forum: General Forum
03-05-2016, 14:05
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Replies: 220
Views: 39,690
Re: WILL.I.AM's comment on Einstein
Consider that to be the inclusionary environment we all want FIRST to be, one must be sensitive to all cultures. There are many more than a handful of teams in the various FIRST competitions that are...
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Forum: General Forum
25-04-2016, 12:12
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,409
Re: Printing Prosthetic Hands for Children
To echo techhelpbb, using the word "Prosthetic" attaches a connotation of a medical device to their product. Their own website mentions doing the work in consult with a physician:
So, don't just...
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Forum: General Forum
21-04-2016, 09:51
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Replies: 105
Views: 9,423
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Forum: General Forum
14-04-2016, 15:28
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Replies: 105
Views: 9,423
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Forum: General Forum
14-04-2016, 14:17
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Replies: 105
Views: 9,423
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Forum: General Forum
14-04-2016, 10:39
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Replies: 105
Views: 9,423
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