Forum: General Forum
10-12-2015, 07:33
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Replies: 59
Views: 9,161
Re: [FRC Blog] Pre-Kickoff Virtual Kit Items
I worked for TE during last year's season and found a connector they make that is virtually identical to Anderson Powerpoles. I haven't confirmed that they fit together with the Anderson product,...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
11-10-2015, 00:23
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,473
Re: THOR III - October 10, 2015
It was a great event. Thanks to all the attending teams. Special shout out to Aiden from 5518 who came up with the design for this year's trophy. There was supposed to be an announcement, but it...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
09-10-2015, 22:48
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,473
Re: THOR III - October 10, 2015
Trophies ready to be claimed by tomorrow's action.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/712/22050997842_577449ca1e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zAz8pY)THOR Trophies (https://flic.kr/p/zAz8pY) by Hotbotz 2640...
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Forum: Team Organization
25-09-2015, 09:04
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,297
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Forum: Team Organization
25-09-2015, 06:20
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,297
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Forum: General Forum
02-09-2015, 10:05
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,799
Re: North Carolina 2016 District Events
We've got Kai Orbus in Asheville-adjacent Weaverville...and a 2015 rookie team REaCH in nearby Spindale. Having an event in Asheville will hopefully attract a lot of attention to this, the most...
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Forum: General Forum
08-08-2015, 13:26
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,552
Re: Protecting against liability
I have been following this thread with some interest because we have just re-organized as a 501(c)3 and now need to purchase our own liability insurance. I have a couple quotes, but they all seem...
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Forum: General Forum
31-07-2015, 12:46
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Replies: 113
Views: 19,645
Re: Drugs and Alcohol - Dirty Little Secrets
Two things that seem too important not to point out are:
Even with a minor situation involving something prohibited, especially drugs, the publicity that can generate will likely spiral out of...
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Forum: General Forum
30-07-2015, 14:00
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,973
Re: In Need of Banebot Wheels
Just throwing this question out there - since I have no experience with these at all...but how would Colson wheels compare? It seems a much more affordable option than the expensive polyurethane...
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Forum: General Forum
28-07-2015, 15:40
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,973
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Forum: General Forum
24-07-2015, 12:07
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Replies: 39
Views: 5,786
Re: entertainment between matches
Three loosely related thoughts:
(1) I'd really like to see a "best practices" kind of procedure written to minimize the non-field-reset delays in competition. I've asked the question about what...
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
23-07-2015, 12:29
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,873
Re: Creating an After School Lego Program
I second all of this. We did a summer program of approximately this same length twice now, and the biggest challenge was session length. The organizers (school) wanted to do a long 5 or 6 hour...
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Forum: General Forum
10-07-2015, 10:59
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Replies: 219
Views: 26,727
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Forum: General Forum
07-07-2015, 13:51
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Replies: 117
Views: 20,921
Re: Georgia Districts confirmed for 2016!
Finally...but too late! We avoided Palmetto in 2013 and 2014 because it was week 1...couldn't schedule any alternatives in 2015, so we came and showed just why we hate week 1 events so much (with...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-07-2015, 15:22
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,428
Spike Relays
I just went on the VEX site to get some information about the Spike relay, and saw that the listing states "Discontinued - While supplies last". Anyone have an insight into what will be replacing...
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Forum: Team Organization
02-07-2015, 15:41
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Replies: 519
Views: 92,289
Re: Girls on Teams
2014 was the first year we were not majority-female. This year, our President, Programming Captain, CFO, and Buyer are all female, and they are also some of our best builders.
Don't tell my son...
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Forum: General Forum
29-06-2015, 11:38
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Replies: 113
Views: 40,781
Re: Team 1717 retires
+1
This was the robot that made me a major 1717 fan. That robot was one of the best and fastest bridge balancers in Newton...but you seldom saw it balance, because even in the few seconds that took...
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Forum: NI LabVIEW
27-06-2015, 11:20
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,670
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Forum: General Forum
23-06-2015, 18:53
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Replies: 219
Views: 26,727
Re: FIRST Chesapeake Districts
I would really love that...but right now, I'm living three hours away from my team, and from the event we host, and after doing THOR I'm exhausted! Too much weekend commuting!
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Forum: General Forum
23-06-2015, 12:38
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Replies: 219
Views: 26,727
Re: FIRST Chesapeake Districts
NC is confirmed for an "Indiana style" small district system in 2016. I foresee expanding that district to include SC in the future. From the rumors I've heard, SC was approached early on to join,...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
20-06-2015, 12:30
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,804
Re: Don't Ban Can Battles in Offseasons
Not true (albeit rare) 3971's innovative litter-grabber was responsible for their high rank at NC...and their subsequent ability to captain the finalist alliance (of which I commend their partner...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
20-06-2015, 12:09
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,473
Re: THOR III - October 10, 2015
THOR III is full and shifting to "Wait List Mode"
435 - The Robodogs - Raleigh, NC
587 - The Hedgehogs - Hillsborough, NC
1225 - Gorillas - Hendersonville, NC
1225.5 - Gorillas B - Hendersonville,...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
08-06-2015, 18:38
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,755
Re: Operating two Robots Simultaneously
We have done this before, and I am fairly certain we did not do anything significant to the c-RIO. In 2014 we used our 2013 robot to practice defense, and after the 2012 season we used our 2011...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
08-06-2015, 14:50
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,755
Re: Operating two Robots Simultaneously
We have done it quite a lot too...but lately it has not worked.
Yes, whenever we set up a radio and driver station with a different team number, the laptop will find the radio, but we continue to...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
08-06-2015, 10:03
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,755
Operating two Robots Simultaneously
I need help...we've done this many times before, but for some reason we can't get it to work now. We'd like to run our previous two robots at the same time for demonstration purposes. In the past...
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work? I can't remember when the last time i did that was... - Carolyn Duncan [more] 
