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Forum: Starting New Teams 27-02-2009, 19:58
Replies: 21
Views: 4,164
Posted By dsm
Re: Feasability of a FRC team at our school?

There is a wealth of official guidance on this subject here:

http://www.usfirst.org/what/frc/content.aspx?id=5504

They include sample budgets in the handbook...though I personally think their...
Forum: General Forum 27-02-2009, 19:33
Replies: 10
Views: 1,671
Posted By dsm
Did YOU Submit a Woodie Flowers Award Essay?

The DC regional did something I haven't seen before: they displayed and read the names of all of the regional Woodie Flowers Awards candidates before announcing the winner. I thought this was a...
Forum: Regional Competitions 22-04-2008, 17:54
Replies: 244
Views: 58,813
Posted By dsm
Re: Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?

I personally agree with your notion about accomplishments, but the comment in question (to split hairs :)) was made specifically in reference to awards, so I do see a contradiction. Regardless,...
Forum: Regional Competitions 21-04-2008, 00:50
Replies: 244
Views: 58,813
Posted By dsm
Re: Is competing at multiple regionals REALLY fair ?

It seems to me that you have a classic issue of "the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer" -- and if that is a FIRST precept, then I must excuse myself and find another program to inspire...
Forum: General Forum 20-04-2008, 11:20
Replies: 98
Views: 15,538
Posted By dsm
Re: Lesson Learned: The Negative

For the regional coordinators, sometimes the flow of information was less than effective, and less than timely.

I was in contact with a couple of teams this year, which attended a combined total of...
Forum: FRC Control System 20-04-2008, 10:18
Replies: 60
Views: 12,548
Posted By dsm
Re: Purchasing the 2009 controller

Some links and prices for reference:

Here's a good set of links to CompactRIO products:
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/3114

$3000 - This is what "looks like" the FIRST integrated...
Forum: Championship Event 18-04-2008, 13:06
Replies: 67
Views: 6,833
Posted By dsm
Re: 2008 Championships Webcast

I haven't been able to get Galileo working at all today (though it was decent yesterday).

Is there anything I might look at tweaking on my end, or is it just a simple traffic jam kind of issue?
Forum: Programming 15-02-2008, 23:17
Replies: 13
Views: 2,036
Posted By dsm
Re: Gyro Sensor Questions

Agreed, our team used the gyro for driving straight last year, and it worked very well.

Your mentor is correct, in that the gyro probably isn't good for, say, automating subtle turns with high...
Forum: General Forum 15-01-2008, 23:54
Replies: 64
Views: 11,350
Posted By dsm
Re: We're DOne for sure!

Forum + Anonymity = Rampant Exaggeration, if not outright Blatant Lying. Welcome to the internet, please enjoy your stay.
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