Go to Post thats like having 24 young men going wild for 2 minutes - thats how much power is available during a match. - KenWittlief [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Search Forums
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

Showing results 1 to 25 of 178
Search took 0.01 seconds.
search: Posts Made By: Jim Giacchi
Forum: General Forum 03-01-2015, 11:35
Replies: 116
Views: 31,769
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: 2015 FRC Game : Recycle Rush

Seconded... I had the same exact thought. This isn't a competition it is an exhibition with points.
Forum: General Forum 03-01-2015, 11:12
Replies: 116
Views: 31,769
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: 2015 FRC Game : Recycle Rush

No bumpers... cheers of JOY!

Then moments later...

No robot to robot contact... thanks for pumping my dreams up and them ripping my heart out and stepping on it FIRST...
Forum: Extra Discussion 20-03-2014, 21:59
Replies: 86
Views: 26,992
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: paper: Spanking the Children

I agree with this paper and have a couple of things to add.

Number one complaint is that I don't even understand why you are all talking about this.... everybody who has been in FIRST remembers that...
Forum: General Forum 20-03-2014, 21:33
Replies: 25
Views: 7,173
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: Offseason Event - H.E.R.E. @ Stevens

Happy Birthday United States Army! (June 14th is the Birthday of the United States Army, couldn't help pointing that out)
Jim
Forum: General Forum 12-03-2014, 00:06
Replies: 129
Views: 20,622
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: Game Manual - Team Update - 2014-03-11

I'm not sure if this has happened yet, but has FIRST actually enforced this rule and disqualified a team?

I know for certain that in 2012 a team detached their shooter and brought it in separate...
Forum: General Forum 15-02-2014, 14:49
Replies: 5
Views: 1,324
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: MAR and Team 41 Pre-Ship Scrimmage Feb 15 and 16

And we're up and running! No webcast... sorry...Come by and check the Scrimmage out tomorrow if you can!
Jim
Forum: General Forum 14-02-2014, 22:36
Replies: 63
Views: 15,692
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: Week Zero Discussion/Impressions/Discoveries/Fun Facts

Team 41 is planning on trying... but we haven't been having much luck lately with the weather or the field or much in general :-) . So check the website or the forums and if we have it up we will...
Forum: General Forum 14-02-2014, 17:42
Replies: 5
Views: 1,324
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: MAR and Team 41 Pre-Ship Scrimmage Feb 15 and 16

The weather has caused a delay with the delivery of the field. Unfortunately, we will have to postpone Saturday’s start time until around 11:00am. As long as we get our delivery on time tomorrow...
Forum: General Forum 13-02-2014, 22:08
Replies: 5
Views: 1,324
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: MAR and Team 41 Pre-Ship Scrimmage Feb 15 and 16

MAR Teams,
This weekend's scrimmage is still scheduled to take place.... however due to the snow the times may be adjusted based on the school being open. Before you take a ride to Watchung Hills...
Forum: General Forum 11-02-2014, 23:28
Replies: 5
Views: 1,324
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: MAR and Team 41 Pre-Ship Scrimmage Feb 15 and 16

Common sense applies. The point is to learn and try your robot, so if you don't have bumpers or don't pass other parts of tech inspection, don't worry, but if you have a safety issue or other teams...
Forum: General Forum 05-02-2014, 13:40
Replies: 5
Views: 1,324
Posted By Jim Giacchi
MAR and Team 41 Pre-Ship Scrimmage Feb 15 and 16

Hello everyone,

Team 41 and Mid-Atlantic Robotics will be hosting a pre-ship scrimmage this year. It is open to all teams, is free, and will be played on the official MAR field. We do ask that you...
Forum: General Forum 27-10-2013, 22:28
Replies: 59
Views: 11,827
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: FrankAnswersFridays: October 25, 2013: Safety at Championships

I agree with everyone who mentioned crowd control barriers. If you have a line that zig zags and is cordoned off, it will preventi people from pushing through the doors because they will be funneled...
Forum: Technical Discussion 17-06-2013, 23:27
Replies: 124
Views: 32,607
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: NI releasing/designing new controller for FRC

In 2001 as a (High School) Sophomore I decided to teach myself the control system. I took home the new system with a motor and a battery and withing an hour had everything setup using radios, to...
Forum: General Forum 31-05-2013, 20:19
Replies: 20
Views: 4,669
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: [FRC Blog] Introducing 'Frank Answers Fridays'

Wouldn't that be a good thing? I mean not demanding, but more pointing out that it is a good question that the community at large would appreciate knowing the answer to.

I would use respectively...
Forum: General Forum 15-02-2013, 22:32
Replies: 31
Views: 4,937
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: MAR Pre-Ship Scrimmage

Field is all setup! All we need are some robots. If you did not register, feel free to stop by anyway!
I'll post pictures of the field tomorrow.
Hope everyone is doing well with their...
Forum: General Forum 23-01-2013, 22:17
Replies: 16
Views: 2,626
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: MAR Area Scrimmage/Practice Fields

Attached is the flyer for our scrimmage, spread it around! Last year we had 9 teams show up and it was a blast. This year we have the field available for two days (Saturday the 16th and Sunday the...
Forum: General Forum 03-03-2012, 16:28
Replies: 65
Views: 14,119
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: Ruling on Robonauts Balance

Yes, having set the field up in New Jersey, each field has a spare bridge, spare back boards, spare hoops, spare plexiglass for the player's station and a spare barrier. There is also an entire...
Forum: Robot Showcase 27-02-2012, 20:00
Replies: 15
Views: 5,804
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: Team 41 - Full Court Shooter

With manual aiming and manual adjusting of the speed of the shooter wheels, we can pretty consistently hit the rim... we are hopping that once our codemonkeys get the camera and shooter wheel...
Forum: Robot Showcase 26-02-2012, 23:27
Replies: 15
Views: 5,804
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: Team 41 - Full Court Shooter

Yes, we decided to use two CIM motors on the shooter, they were the best option available to do what we wanted to do (go full court). We wanted to do direct drive to minimize complexity and to...
Forum: FIRST E-Mail Blast Archive 26-02-2012, 23:17
Replies: 2
Views: 1,499
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Team Essays/Consent & Release Forms/Team Rosters/News from Autode

Ahhh STIMS... how I hate thee. @Students, for a generation that is so technologically connected how can they improperly fill out an online form!!!


Enough ranting, if that happens the easiest...
Forum: Robot Showcase 24-02-2012, 22:18
Replies: 15
Views: 5,804
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Team 41 - Full Court Shooter

Greetings everyone, just wanted to post a picture and video of Team 41's 2012 Robot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWj5CtJ0c8E&feature=youtu.be

http://www.team41robotics.com/Team41.jpg

Our robot...
Forum: CAN 14-02-2012, 23:06
Replies: 6
Views: 1,788
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: Odd Jaguar runaway while DISABLED (2can)

We can reproduce the same error on two different Jaguars both purchased this year... so while we have not switched out the Jaguars, we find it hard to think of any reason why doing that would make a...
Forum: General Forum 14-02-2012, 22:56
Replies: 27
Views: 3,242
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: Saw Stop

You can go buy one now....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTUOhYcw4ZY

This has got to be one of the most exciting inventions in a long time.
From someone who has cut a finger off in a power saw,...
Forum: Kit & Additional Hardware 06-02-2012, 15:10
Replies: 16
Views: 2,086
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: Long Belt Supply Stores?

I would also check out Brecoflex, http://www.brecoflex.com they offer a FIRST discount of 30% (I think, my memory is a little fuzzy on the number, but they definitely offer a discount). They are...
Forum: General Forum 25-01-2012, 22:27
Replies: 14
Views: 2,653
Posted By Jim Giacchi
Re: [BB] Is it week three already?

Wow, this is perfect timing and I could not agree more with the comments posted, I instructed our Safety Captain just this afternoon to document why wearing gloves makes certain situations more...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 178

 
Forum Jump

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:33.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi