Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
07-12-2016, 11:28
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Replies: 14
Views: 588
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Forum: General Forum
10-11-2016, 11:19
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Replies: 62
Views: 7,853
Re: FIRST website is an embarasment
I just typed in a bunch of FLL parent's emails to invite them to the team. After digging them all out of my email and pasting them into the invitation list on the team management page, I hit "enter"...
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
01-11-2016, 10:01
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,346
Re: [FTC]: Closed Loop Scoring illegal!
We were getting frustrated with that last weekend before the first competition, but fortunately stumbled on their PDF file we could download and search through. It has all of the Q&A up-to-date (at...
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Forum: General Forum
01-11-2016, 09:20
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Replies: 62
Views: 7,853
Re: FIRST website is an embarasment
This is nice and very useful. I've never understood the mileage limit on the FIRST web site search. We only get one event for FRC, ever, with that thing, and it's two miles from our school. It's...
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
21-10-2016, 11:15
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Replies: 3
Views: 364
Re: [FTC]: [FTC] Competition needs...
- Engineering notebook
- Robot
(You think I'm joking on those, but when I stepped into this FTC mentor role two years ago, the culture of the place was such that one of the three teams actually...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
20-10-2016, 16:24
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Replies: 317
Views: 71,774
Re: Registration 2017
Last year it was our first and only event, and nearly everyone else had already played once or twice. This year we are signed up for two regionals for the first time ever (OKC and Dallas).
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Forum: General Forum
12-09-2016, 09:45
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Replies: 260
Views: 35,124
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Forum: Off-Season Events
09-09-2016, 23:29
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Replies: 2
Views: 720
Re: Texas October Off-season Events
Thanks for posting these.
We'd love to see a couple of offseason events in N. Texas or Oklahoma (give us a couple of years growth and maybe we will start one).
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Forum: Off-Season Events
12-08-2016, 11:32
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,469
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Forum: General Forum
06-06-2016, 21:49
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,376
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
05-06-2016, 00:15
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Replies: 1
Views: 773
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Forum: General Forum
02-06-2016, 16:23
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Replies: 49
Views: 6,712
Re: Districts in Texas proposal sent to FIRST
Thanks for the offer. We've had three robot trips to MO so far this year for FTC (KC, Rolla, and St. Louis), so we're happy with the place. We get a lot of MO teams at the OKC Regional, too.
Denver...
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Forum: General Forum
02-06-2016, 15:34
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Replies: 49
Views: 6,712
Re: Districts in Texas proposal sent to FIRST
As a team in Oklahoma looking at going to multiple regionals next year, that's going to kill most of our options. Arkansas and Kansas City are the only other nearby regionals (6 hours or less)...
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Forum: General Forum
26-05-2016, 15:14
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,735
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
18-05-2016, 10:11
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,253
Re: What states fund robotics
Oklahoma has funded public school teams the last several years. Not sure what will happen this year, as the education system is facing a huge shortfall in funding (students are marching on the state...
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Forum: General Forum
12-05-2016, 23:37
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Replies: 26
Views: 4,852
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Forum: Championship Event
26-04-2016, 22:56
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,957
Re: Severe Weather in St. Louis
Meteorologists are amazing! ;)
Just wait and see what happens over the next 5-10 years. Lots of cool things being cooked up here in the "weather science" world.
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Forum: Championship Event
26-04-2016, 11:57
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,957
Re: Severe Weather in St. Louis
Sorry, I was talking about today, not tomorrow. (Confused)
Today's storms will affect flights, though. And you want to be careful driving.
Tomorrow bears watching closely as well.
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Forum: Championship Event
26-04-2016, 11:37
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,957
Re: Severe Weather in St. Louis
The most likely time of arrival for the severe storms approaching St. Louis is between 2pm and 4pm. The most likely threat is damaging wind, large hail, and lightning according to the Storm...
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Forum: Championship Event
24-04-2016, 23:25
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,957
Re: Severe Weather in St. Louis
The April 28, 2012 storm produced $1.6 billion in hail damage. There was no confirmed tornado, but at the time it was the 2nd costliest hail storm in US history.
Yes, there is no need to panic....
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Forum: Championship Event
24-04-2016, 18:00
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,957
Re: Severe Weather in St. Louis
Speaking with my RL professional hat on, as a scientist who studies severe weather and interacts with operational meteorologists, emergency managers, etc. on a frequent basis for a well-known...
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
21-04-2016, 21:10
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Replies: 5
Views: 711
Re: [FTC]: Homebrew Power Distribution Module
Great, thanks for the info.
When we joined the program last year, all the electronics were a few years old and in really bad shape (there are 3 FTC teams, here). So we purchased all new motor...
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
14-04-2016, 10:15
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Replies: 5
Views: 711
Re: [FTC]: Homebrew Power Distribution Module
With ZTE Speeds now only $20, we can make several demo robots for almost no cost to us. I wonder how long the phone battery will last between charges, though?
Thanks for the advice! We'll try this...
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
13-04-2016, 23:56
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Replies: 5
Views: 711
[FTC]: Homebrew Power Distribution Module
Hi there,
We have some Anderson Powerpole power distribution blocks (the old version of this: https://powerwerx.com/8-position-powerpole-distribution-block)
We also have a couple of unused powered...
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Forum: FIRST Tech Challenge
11-04-2016, 10:14
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Replies: 3
Views: 668
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