Forum: General Forum
27-03-2016, 17:40
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Replies: 57
Views: 6,601
Re: What's Your Most Unusual Field Debris?
Not sure if this is what you meant, but during the semifinals of the Colorado Regional, we dislodged the Rock Wall and traveled about 3 ft with it under the front of our bot before the match was...
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Forum: General Forum
17-03-2014, 14:43
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Replies: 50
Views: 11,753
Re: FRC Blog - It Wasn’t Against the Rules
Why are they using touch screens when you could assign a ref to watch a ball and give him a hand held trigger with a button for assists, truss/catch, high, and low goal. She would never have to take...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
06-01-2013, 22:19
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Replies: 129
Views: 24,022
Re: climbing question
I have been searching for the section or rule that states you need to be on the pyramid at the end of the match to score the points. So far this is what I have found.
"3.1.5.2 CLIMB Points
Points...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
05-01-2013, 21:28
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Replies: 129
Views: 24,022
Re: Climbing Rules
What is your interpretation of G4 ?
"3.2.1.4 G04
ROBOTS may only be removed from a PYRAMID under the following conditions:
A. by the TEAM,
B. unpowered,
C. and under the supervision of a FIRST...
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Forum: General Forum
08-01-2012, 16:17
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Replies: 5
Views: 868
Re: Clarifying Balanced
Has anyone found a rule that prohibits a robot touching the bridge and the ground to balance the bridge?
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Forum: Technical Discussion
10-04-2011, 15:53
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Replies: 50
Views: 6,679
Re: High torque that can be purchased.
We achieved 1600:1 reduction by replacing the output shaft of a 256:1 banebot planetary with a modified 8 tooth stem pinion mated to a 50 tooth toughbox output gear. Not an off the shelf solution,...
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Forum: General Forum
18-03-2011, 00:31
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,198
Re: Legal for Minibot
So, I just reread the team updates and found no mention that removing the gearbox was legal. Is it legal because it is not illegal?
Or were you referring to the Q&A forum
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Forum: General Forum
23-02-2010, 21:30
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,974
Re: Team Update #13
I am just glad this update was published before before we shipped our robot.
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Forum: General Forum
16-01-2010, 22:42
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,666
Re: DoD Sponsorship of FIRST
Our School District is known as Academy District 20, because the first High School is on the Air Force Academy and we have been unsuccessful in getting the Air Force Academy to even talk to us about...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
15-01-2010, 00:51
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,159
Re: Dimension of Bump
When I look at drawing GE-10047.pdf, the height of the rib is 12 7/16". When you add the 3/4" plywood on top that makes the height of the bump 13 3/16" without the carpet. Does this seem right? I...
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Forum: General Forum
14-01-2010, 00:38
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Replies: 4
Views: 900
Re: Variations of the Bumps?
When you consider that the rules state that the bump is 12" tall, but the field drawing puts it at more than 13", whats a few extra 1/32 of an inch here or there.
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Forum: General Forum
10-01-2010, 23:13
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Replies: 74
Views: 11,888
Re: Suction as a method for possessing balls
We came to a similar conclusion, but after looking at the seams of the soccer ball we felt that it would be difficult to maintain suction. Remember the ball must maintain contact with the floor and...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
10-01-2010, 14:11
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,032
Re: Final scoring time limit
The problem is that the refs have to verify that you are above the plane. They will wait until time runs out and then come out onto the field to see how high your bot is. If it can not maintain the...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
10-01-2010, 13:59
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,289
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
10-01-2010, 01:35
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,416
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
09-01-2010, 23:41
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,289
Re: Pic: would this chassis shape be legal?
I don't think this is legal. If you filled in the gap on the part of the frame at the height of the bumpers, it might be a legal frame, but the frame perimeter will include this filled in area and...
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Forum: General Forum
09-01-2010, 23:30
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Replies: 131
Views: 20,853
Re: Breakaway Discussion
Has anyone noticed that while only a HUMAN PLAYER can use the TRIDENT, coaches can handle the balls in the Alliance Station?
Do you think this is an error that will be corrected?
TEAM: Four...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
09-01-2010, 22:46
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,403
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Forum: Extra Discussion
01-01-2010, 21:59
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Replies: 38
Views: 12,150
Re: pic: Chassis Idea
Which Hysol formulation do you use? Epoxy, Urethane, or Polyurethane? Any other information about how you bond the aluminum frame together would be appreciated.
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Forum: Motors
19-12-2009, 00:31
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,667
Re: Motor Couplings
Team662 has used motor couplings in the past. We designed a gearbox using stem pinion gears and used a coupling to connect it to a CIM. We used a flexible shaft coupling from McMaster Carr. The...
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Forum: Electrical
09-12-2009, 18:42
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,652
Re: Controlling PWMs through hardware
We were planning to build this servo tester kit to help teach soldering. The bonus would be that we could control a motor without the need to have a full controller setup. Sometimes it would be...
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Forum: General Forum
04-12-2009, 00:05
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,244
Re: FRC Kickoff
Does anyone know which NASA Channel the Kickoff will be on?
I am trying to get the information to our school media center so that we can watch the kickoff in HD instead of from the webcast.
There...
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Forum: General Forum
05-11-2009, 01:16
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Replies: 1
Views: 717
Kickoff and NASA TV
I am looking for some information on the broadcast of the kickoff on NASA TV. We are planning on a local kickoff and would like to get the video off of satellite instead of a webcast. I found this...
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Forum: General Forum
13-10-2009, 21:58
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,430
Re: Building a Solar Parabolic
I agree that this could be dangerous. Take a look at this website to see that you could generate enough heat to melt aluminum.
http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/solardish/dish01.shtml.
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Forum: Motors
09-10-2009, 00:40
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,864
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it is not as hard as it looks, but thats prolly cause we havent tried to build it yet... - robolemur1236 [more] 
