Forum: General Forum
16-10-2016, 18:04
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,642
Re: Worst you've seen to the Defenses?
That is impressive
I'd say some of the longest lasting damage I encountered was from our teams practice drawbridge this year. It was not built out of wood, so the worst we could do to it was pop the...
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Forum: General Forum
30-08-2016, 11:55
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Replies: 88
Views: 13,170
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Forum: General Forum
13-04-2016, 20:19
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Replies: 126
Views: 17,382
Re: Making STEM a better place for women
Awkwardness and harassment are two different things. I can be an extremely awkward person- and it is never pleasant to look around and see confused looks. I am defining harassment is when the actions...
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Forum: General Forum
13-04-2016, 18:24
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Replies: 126
Views: 17,382
Re: Making STEM a better place for women
Putting aside the fact that the focus of the thread is how to make STEM more welcoming for *women*, not for those with an contextually inappropriate sense of what is creepy: I have yet to see anyone...
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Forum: General Forum
13-04-2016, 03:48
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Replies: 126
Views: 17,382
Re: Making STEM a better place for women
Preface: my problems here are not in reference to my team
^Trimmed for length
I have personally been on the wrong end of this. Though it is not exclusive to the FIRST community, it does...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
30-03-2016, 10:54
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Replies: 88
Views: 11,265
Re: The REAL chokehold of 2016
Concerns about building this aside.
I would be worried giving something like this to an alliance partner who would be driving it for the first time in playoffs. There are not a lot of teams using...
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Forum: General Forum
24-03-2016, 02:00
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,338
Re: Predictions Week 4: Fortifying the Castle
That is a weird assertion for them to make. A few of their other statements are also unnecessary, to say the least.
Thanks to Looking Forward for the analysis of this week! Philomath will definitely...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
21-03-2016, 14:46
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Replies: 47
Views: 8,917
Re: pic: New low bar flaps
Can confirm that flaps can fall inside robots, we actually had to e-stop our robot on the low bar because of a combination of this and some partial automation. We mistakenly dropped our arm using...
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Forum: General Forum
21-03-2016, 04:19
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Replies: 39
Views: 6,348
Re: Undefeated Regional Winners Concurrently
lim x->c of x/x equals one. Because x/x in this particular case also equals 0/0, you can then just squeeze the two additional zeros between the one and the percentage sign. :cool:
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Forum: General Forum
13-03-2016, 13:45
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Replies: 10
Views: 3,789
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Forum: General Forum
29-02-2016, 07:13
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Replies: 28
Views: 6,333
Re: Top Chairman's Award Teams in your State
For Oregon, based off of the past few year's results:
1540 Flaming Chickens -without a doubt
They have won the equivalent of a Regional Chairman's every year since 2012, and earned the honor for...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
31-12-2015, 06:07
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,747
Re: "W" Drive Versa Wheels
We used those on our 2014 robot, as the dropped center wheels on a west coast drive, with a different, non-W tread set (same brand) on the front and back wheels. They worked pretty well, though we...
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Forum: General Forum
14-12-2015, 21:18
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Replies: 38
Views: 5,222
Re: Myers-Briggs Personality Types
That they are. The scales are inherently subjective, and the classifications can be taken way to seriously, but it can be interesting to see how groups self identify, how the proportions in a...
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Forum: General Forum
11-12-2015, 02:29
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,708
Re: Number of students on your team
This definitely happened with at least the 36- 45 range. I figured out how to check after voting and reading the thread and am the third person from my team to vote in the poll. That number is...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
12-11-2015, 15:41
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,893
Re: Mounting radial bearing 217-3246 (vexpro)
This is a pretty general overview of bearing mounts, hopefully it's somewhat helpful. If you would like some more targeted advice, some clarification on your specific project and CAD experience would...
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Forum: Team Organization
03-05-2015, 17:38
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,526
Re: What is Your Team's Application Process?
We are a similar sized team to the OP (somewhere around 36 on our competition team this year)
As our application process currently stands, there are two parts: club season and competition season....
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Forum: General Forum
28-03-2015, 17:22
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,731
Re: What to work on for Worlds as a rookie team?
Congratulations! Attending Worlds as a rookie is a wonderful experience. Try to soak up whatever you can- there's a lot of very experienced teams there, many of which are more than happy to give...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
24-02-2015, 13:28
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,366
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Forum: Technical Discussion
22-12-2014, 17:38
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,919
Re: Tips for Accurate Measuring and Machining
As mentioned above, for a lot of layout, a good square, a sharp pencil, fine tip sharpie or scribe and layout die, and ruler are your best friends. Height gages are also incredibly helpful, though do...
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Forum: General Forum
14-12-2014, 20:26
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Replies: 64
Views: 8,797
Re: Should FRC Team name = HS athletic team name?
Our team name, ShockWave, is very loosely related to our schools mascot, the Crimson Tide. Our logo is rather different visually from the Tide Guy (attached below) or the G that most of our school...
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