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Forum: Pneumatics 07-06-2016, 12:02
Replies: 11
Views: 1,406
Posted By qscgy
Re: Pneumatic Solenoids

We used these (http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-0888.htm). Festo 12V VUVG series solenoids are quite reliable and easy to mount compactly; we just stacked them together and put bolts through the...
Forum: Website Design/Showcase 05-06-2016, 18:40
Replies: 12
Poll: Team Domains
Views: 2,111
Posted By qscgy
Re: Team Domains

Our is robot.mbhs.edu, which is a subdomain of our school and is hosted on their server.
Forum: General Forum 05-06-2016, 18:36
Replies: 11
Views: 2,154
Posted By qscgy
Re: F.I.R.S.T Robotics Recycle Rush board game

We made a board game version of Stronghold at the beginning of build season in order to test strategies. It wasn't very helpful, although I think we tweaked the rules a bit after competition season...
Forum: Technical Discussion 05-06-2016, 18:30
Replies: 93
Views: 7,688
Posted By qscgy
Re: Most underrated/undervalued tools

I did not know that these things existed. Time to get some.
Forum: General Forum 02-06-2016, 19:30
Replies: 168
Views: 28,470
Posted By qscgy
Re: How much does your school's general population care about your team?

Outside of the STEM magnet program, most people don't know that we exist. The sports teams get mentioned on the morning announcements whenever they have a game, win or lose, but we never get any...
Forum: Technical Discussion 02-06-2016, 19:27
Replies: 93
Views: 7,688
Posted By qscgy
Re: Most underrated/undervalued tools

Chop saw. Great for cutting aluminum stock.
Forum: General Forum 31-05-2016, 20:44
Replies: 10
Views: 1,770
Posted By qscgy
Re: prototypes

Generally, we build prototypes out of 80/20 for optimizing geometry and proof of concept, usually finishing by the middle of week 3. Once that's done, we may build a Gen. II prototype for more...
Forum: General Forum 19-05-2016, 19:48
Replies: 6
Views: 1,176
Posted By qscgy
Re: Pit monitor idea

One of our members wrote some Javascript that displays our match schedule, actual match times, and ranking, along with some helpful visuals. Since it didn't use any internet connection, we had to...
Forum: CAD 19-05-2016, 19:20
Replies: 15
Views: 1,779
Posted By qscgy
Re: How does your CAD team work?

Our CAD team is basically just three guys. Generally, our Mechanics subteam will prototype mechanisms and figure out the required geometry. We have weekly integration meetings to keep everyone on the...
Forum: Technical Discussion 06-05-2016, 23:23
Replies: 55
Views: 6,710
Posted By qscgy
Re: Stronghold Drivetrain Review

We went with 6 8" pneumatic wheels and single-speed 3-CIM WC gearboxes. Front and back wheels were mounted in Versablocks, with 1/8" drop centers. Our team has been using 9mm belts for the past...
Forum: General Forum 04-05-2016, 17:38
Replies: 11
Views: 912
Posted By qscgy
Re: Chesapeake Region Community Outreach Partners

My team is also interested in the Kid Museum thing. A lot of our members live nearby, so getting people shouldn't be too hard. Feel free to PM me about anything.
Forum: Games/Trivia 04-05-2016, 13:47
Replies: 17
Views: 803
Posted By qscgy
Re: CD's Unofficial Caption Contest #617

The one drivetrain that won't break.
Forum: General Forum 04-05-2016, 13:30
Replies: 43
Views: 5,073
Posted By qscgy
Re: Hardest personal lesson learned?

Don't try to do everything. You have to trust people under you to do things right.
Forum: General Forum 04-05-2016, 10:47
Replies: 55
Views: 6,992
Posted By qscgy
Re: Was the Low Bar worth it?

For us, I would say yes. First of all, we decided against a high shooter because it would have required vision code, which we didn't know how to do and didn't think there would be enough time to...
Forum: General Forum 04-05-2016, 10:32
Replies: 21
Views: 1,722
Posted By qscgy
Re: How did you feel about Stronghold?

I though that Stronghold was a pretty good game. The amount of abuse the robots take was a unique engineering challenge, and the low bar required prioritizing some things over others, or having...
Forum: General Forum 04-05-2016, 10:18
Replies: 27
Views: 2,417
Posted By qscgy
Re: Team Size

I feel the same way. We have about 100 members, and we generally have 20-30 around at any given time during build season, with 40-50 active. This is too many for us to effectively use. One solution...
Forum: General Forum 21-04-2016, 14:35
Replies: 113
Views: 11,427
Posted By qscgy
Re: What would you do to improve the FIRST experience?

I've always been wondering about this. Does Chairman's have to be for STEM, or can it be from other impacts of the team as an organization?
Forum: General Forum 20-04-2016, 11:48
Replies: 64
Views: 8,775
Posted By qscgy
Re: Old Man Notices A Thing: Lots of Robot Names

We generally take nominations around week 4 of build season, when the robot design is mostly finalized, and then do a name vote a couple weeks later. The name is usually some sort of pun.

2016:...
Forum: General Forum 20-04-2016, 10:42
Replies: 113
Views: 11,427
Posted By qscgy
Re: What would you do to improve the FIRST experience?

I may have worded that badly. It's mostly just the new members who do this, but they make up a sizable portion of the team. But no, I don't think that it's just us dismissing other teams' cultures....
Forum: General Forum 19-04-2016, 20:21
Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,454
Posted By qscgy
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season

Inspector: Do you guys have a multimeter?
(Person passes him a multimeter)
Inspector: Fantastic. I also need the leads for this.

(While testing our CDF/portcullis wedge mechanism)
Driver: Are you...
Forum: General Forum 19-04-2016, 20:01
Replies: 113
Views: 11,427
Posted By qscgy
Re: What would you do to improve the FIRST experience?

Reform safety awards, and pit safety in general. The teams that go around giving out mostly useless safety giveaways (Easter eggs with 2 Band-Aids and a hair tie, for example) are not actually trying...
Forum: General Forum 09-04-2016, 21:37
Replies: 4,808
Views: 1,188,454
Posted By qscgy
Re: "Quotes" that were said during build season

While attaching leads to a battery:
Electronics person: I think this bolt is too long, but I can't unscrew it.
Mechanics person: Why does that matter? We can just Dremel it.

We can't turn on the...
Forum: General Forum 13-03-2016, 18:48
Replies: 30
Views: 7,290
Posted By qscgy
Re: [FRC Blog] Rogue Robots

Unfortunately, yes. Someone got a cut on their leg. It wasn't serious, but there was some blood.
Forum: General Forum 12-03-2016, 22:30
Replies: 30
Views: 7,290
Posted By qscgy
Re: [FRC Blog] Rogue Robots

This happened again today at the Greater DC event. During auto, our robot crashed through the side of the field, drove over a spare field element, and tried to attack people in the bleachers. Well,...
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