Forum: General Forum
06-12-2016, 13:23
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Views: 3,815
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Forum: General Forum
21-11-2016, 16:02
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,494
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
18-05-2016, 10:16
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,253
Re: What states fund robotics
We're working in Maryland to get HB115 and SB582 passed this year which would provide $250,000 for after school robotics programs. The bill passed in the house and senate, but is waiting for our...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
25-04-2016, 11:30
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,379
Re: pic: 3D Print Limit Switch CFiber
Thats a good question on the differences between the two. Sadly I cant test that as I'm not set up for ABS.
I replace my nozzle after every roll. It may be a bit excessive, but I start to notice a...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
22-04-2016, 13:08
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,379
Re: pic: 3D Print Limit Switch CFiber
I've printed quite a bit with carbon fiber on my rep2 with a PLA based one. Its a bit different than the ABS but I can still give you some insights.
I agree with you, printing is beautiful. I've...
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
31-03-2016, 09:22
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,691
Re: Training Plan
Allison,
That plan is amazing. I've been wanting to develop a curriculum for our team for the past few years to do over the summer and fall. If you don't mind I started using your initial plan as a...
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Forum: General Forum
16-03-2016, 13:53
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,490
Re: Standard Motor Driver Schematic for FRC
I applaud my students who want to learn how to make custom circuits or custom anything. While our team doesn't do it much yet, my understanding is the RoboRio allows for this a lot more than past...
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Forum: Career
16-03-2016, 12:32
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Replies: 198
Views: 35,003
Re: What's your day job?
I'm a high school technology and engineering teacher. I teach Project Lead the Way Aerospace Engineering and Introduction to Engineering Design, plus I wrote the curriculum for and teach a class...
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Forum: General Forum
11-11-2015, 09:12
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Replies: 170
Views: 23,668
Re: FRC Blog - Get Ready to Make FIRST Choices
1) Since when was this free? I spend $5000 to get this stuff. The kickoff kits used to be much larger, with many of the things we've seen in FIRST Choice in them for everyone. As teams grew though...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
04-11-2015, 12:01
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,037
Re: pic: 3D printed FIRST logo
As a PLTW teacher currently teaching IED and Aero, and having taught POE, its always so great to hear these kinds of comments from students.
I firmly believe PLTW is the best engineering education...
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Forum: General Forum
22-10-2015, 13:10
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Replies: 219
Views: 26,727
Re: FIRST Chesapeake Districts
I forgot about this thread for a bit until one of my students asked me about it. They asked me word for word, "why are there mentors on CD that just keep bashing every decision on going to...
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Forum: General Forum
22-10-2015, 12:59
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Replies: 219
Views: 26,727
Re: FIRST Chesapeake Districts
We discussed attending our own event, but decided against it. While we're not running the event, the district is doing that, I wanted to make sure our students were available for volunteers if need...
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
04-08-2015, 11:40
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,579
Re: EV3 vs Vex IQ For Middle School
I'm going to jump on the VEX IQ bandwagon here and say totally.
1111 uses 11 VEX IQ kits for all sorts of ages. The beauty of the kit is you can tailor it towards what the students capabilities are....
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Forum: General Forum
03-08-2015, 14:01
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Replies: 2
Views: 952
Re: Looking for Versablocks
Team 1111 has a bunch of them and would be happy to send them to you. Send me a message about it if you'd like.
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Forum: Fundraising
12-06-2015, 14:03
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,091
Re: Team Management / Email / CRM Software
The Power Hawks use a mix of Google Drive and MailChimp.
We use Google Drive to all of our documents, especially using Google Forms for students to fill out for pretty much any event we do. That way...
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Forum: General Forum
05-05-2015, 20:26
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,511
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Forum: General Forum
15-04-2015, 08:40
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Replies: 88
Views: 12,783
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Forum: Regional Competitions
22-03-2015, 18:37
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Replies: 35
Views: 6,583
Re: 2015 New York Tech Valley Regional
The Power Hawks would like to thank everyone for running an amazing regional! This regional was by far one of our favorites, even before Saturday afternoon! Everyone was so kind and helpful, and our...
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Forum: General Forum
20-02-2015, 08:36
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Replies: 114
Views: 12,717
Re: Robot Names 2015
Being the Power Hawks, and because our robot is 6'6", only one name really made sense:
Tower Hawk
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Forum: Control System
04-02-2015, 14:42
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Replies: 1
Views: 688
Old control components available
The Power Hawks are cleaning up our storage space and are getting rid of a bunch of components from the old control system. What we have available is listed below, and all we ask is you cover the...
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Forum: Pneumatics
15-01-2015, 17:26
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,130
Re: Vex Solenoid Base Mount Configuration
Check out this link:
http://content.vexrobotics.com/vexpro/pdf/217-Pneumatic-Base-Mounts-20141010.PDF
You can see on the side of the mounts you have exhaust ports--just let these be, and a pressure...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
03-02-2014, 09:50
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,238
What stock to store for mill/lathe work?
This past summer we bought a mid-sized manual mill and metal lathe. I've worked on mills and lathes extensively in the past, so I was able to get the appropriate tooling, but I'm having trouble...
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Forum: General Forum
08-01-2014, 18:12
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Replies: 257
Views: 42,849
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Forum: General Forum
11-12-2013, 21:04
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Replies: 257
Views: 42,849
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Forum: General Forum
06-05-2013, 12:21
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,806
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