Forum: Technical Discussion
23-05-2016, 16:34
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,423
Re: Is Welding Worth It?
Can't recommend this enough. 971 also generally rivets together assemblies before welding. It allows us to fixture the assembly the way we want before its welded, which makes it much easier for the...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
12-05-2016, 17:08
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Replies: 125
Views: 38,278
Re: FRC971 Spartan Robotics 2016 Release Video
There are a number of resources in the works that the team plans on releasing. We need a bit of time to get everything together. However, we have released pictures from the 2016 build season. This...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
26-03-2016, 16:18
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Replies: 211
Views: 52,847
Re: 2016 Alliance Selection Results
Sacramento/Davis:
1: 971-1678-5274 W
2: 1323-1671-604 F
3: 2035-4543-2085 Q
4: 4904-3250-5134 Q
5: 3669-701-5924 SF
6: 1056-2073-2141 SF
7: 2144-1458-114 Q
8: 295-2102-3859 Q
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Forum: Robot Showcase
22-03-2016, 23:32
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Replies: 125
Views: 38,278
Re: FRC971 Spartan Robotics 2016 Release Video
Many of the team members are likely busy practicing for Davis, so I'll try and answer a couple other questions and some students or Austin and Travis can correct me where appropriate.
The team has...
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Forum: General Forum
09-01-2016, 12:34
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Replies: 238
Views: 44,249
Re: FIRST STRONGHOLD Discussion
I see the same thing. The pack of 6 is $205 on gophersport.
http://www.gophersport.com/pe/premium-coating/gopher-softiball-coated-foam-balls?sku_id=3409
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Forum: General Forum
02-10-2015, 22:01
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,150
Re: Calgames Webcast
It appears like CalGames does have a webcast on Blue Alliance, but I'm having audio quality issues. Video quality is also not the greatest. Though from the comment stream it seems like you found it.
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Forum: General Forum
22-09-2015, 11:43
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,661
Re: 971 CNC Router
Lead time is definitely a large part of it. For getting parts back from sponsors, often the best we can do for large quantities of parts is 2 weeks. With the router, that time is shortened...
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Forum: Championship Event
28-04-2015, 19:38
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Replies: 38
Views: 10,151
Re: A Shared Victory on Einstein
My initial thoughts were posted here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1476178&postcount=11
(http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1476178&postcount=11)
I also wanted to...
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Forum: Championship Event
26-04-2015, 01:14
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,379
Re: Einstein Winners and Awards
I'm personally very glad to see both 1678 and 1671 win Worlds. 971 is very close friends with 1678, and they are very deserving of this achievement. They work so hard, and it's great to see all that...
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Forum: General Forum
12-02-2015, 22:51
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Replies: 104
Views: 24,551
Re: The Quest for Einstein
Perhaps one of the most important attributes a team or team members can have is hustle. I distinctly remember the Silicon Valley Regional in 2013 and being impressed by the hustle and determination...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
21-11-2014, 17:16
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,785
Re: Passing a barrier
Many people in this thread have pointed out some of the good ideas that came from 2012. I would recommend looking into the different designs used in Rebound Rumble for crossing the bump and analyzing...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
21-11-2014, 11:50
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,785
Re: Passing a barrier
This is a bit of a false choice. Many teams were able to successfully cross the barrier using neither of those methods. Is this exercise designed at evaluating each of those methods or finding the...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
22-08-2014, 20:42
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Replies: 183
Views: 53,111
Re: Team 254 Presents: Chezy Champs
Weren't you ranked 7th and on the 6th seeded alliance in 2013 (http://www.thebluealliance.com/team/1678/2013) at Central Valley? (still counts as </= 2 years as far as I'm aware.)
Just because you...
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Forum: General Forum
21-08-2014, 13:32
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Replies: 23
Views: 5,986
Re: Team 971's CAD Archive Release
Sorry I missed your comment last night.
I just tried opening the 2007 Robot STEP file on a pretty slow computer and it worked for me. What file(s) did you have trouble opening? Does anyone else...
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Forum: General Forum
21-08-2014, 01:05
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Replies: 23
Views: 5,986
Re: Team 971's CAD Archive Release
Let me know if this link works (might be the same one, but would work now).
I'll also see about uploading to CD media, so people can find it...
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Forum: General Forum
21-08-2014, 00:25
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Replies: 23
Views: 5,986
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Forum: General Forum
21-08-2014, 00:21
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Replies: 23
Views: 5,986
Re: Team 971's CAD Archive Release
All,
Here's a direct link to this year's technical document as well. We will post past year's technical information as well. You can access the technical information through the CAD model page....
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-08-2014, 00:52
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,391
Re: 1551 Off-Season Drive Train Project
This is a really good idea. Different sponsors, whether they specialize in machined parts or sheet, have certain strengths and specialties. It is always a good idea to work with them and play to...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
31-07-2014, 18:38
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,417
Re: pic: Ultralight Spoked Wheel
As far as I know, these wheels aren't make from a multi-axis mill. From the Truespoke website (http://www.truespoke.net/Truespokesizes.html), where the picture you linked is from, it seems as if...
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Forum: General Forum
26-06-2014, 13:10
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Replies: 23
Views: 7,830
Re: Team 1717: Uncut & Highlight Video
Nobody should panic yet. The future of 1717's FRC program is in capable hands. The kids every year on 1717 are some of the hardest working in FIRST. They have a motivated core of mentors beyond...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
06-05-2014, 19:25
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,032
Re: pic: Team 846: 2014 Season Highlights
This was a fantastic robot from the Funky Monkeys, IMHO the best one they have ever built. 846 is one of the outstanding teams we have in the Bay Area that don't often get mentioned. 971 faced 846...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2014, 17:50
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Replies: 52
Views: 11,611
Re: Bumper Material
To be fair, we did this testing before the season even started, and made the decision not to use anything before the rules came out. I know other teams have tried to use sailkote in the past, but we...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2014, 15:58
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Replies: 52
Views: 11,611
Re: Bumper Material
In terms of whether teams should just use the recommended material because that is what is recommended, I would respectfully disagree. Arguably, the recommended bumper material follows the rules...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2014, 14:14
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Replies: 52
Views: 11,611
Re: Bumper Material
This is certainly possible, and something we considered (albeit very briefly) for this season. One issue is that the colors all the fabrics come in are quite different, so while you might get the...
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Forum: General Forum
02-05-2014, 12:44
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Replies: 52
Views: 11,611
Re: Bumper Material
Direct friction pinning is generally harder to do with lower friction bumpers, but we were still able to play effective, and in some cases more effective defense than we did last year. This was...
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