Forum: General Forum
19-09-2016, 10:36
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Replies: 7
Views: 966
Re: Drive Coaching
Practice, practice, practice. The biggest improvement I've seen in our drivers over the past few years is the amount and quality of practice they have been getting.
Once they get reasonably...
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Forum: General Forum
17-09-2016, 11:30
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,029
Re: Cantilevering with Planetary Gear Motors
The spec. sheet gives the max radial load as 3.5 kgf, or around 8 lbs. So no, you shouldn't do that. You could probably get away with it if what you are designing doesn't need to last very long...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
05-04-2016, 23:29
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Replies: 70
Views: 12,665
Re: Iowa Regional 2016
Alex, thanks for that data. It's really interesting to see how very different design and play styles compare. We, 1775 and Gator, 5172 couldn't have built robots much more different than they were....
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Forum: Regional Competitions
27-03-2016, 13:33
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Replies: 70
Views: 12,665
Re: Iowa Regional 2016
Congratulations 5172, 525, and 1208 on the win. Congrats also to 525 on Chairman's. Great playing with and against you guys in Iowa.
I also have to thank our finalist alliance partners, 1730 and...
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Forum: General Forum
02-04-2015, 15:24
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,247
Re: FMS pre match disabled mode
We had a related, possibly same issue at the GKC regional. We use LabVIEW and had coded it to read our autonomous mode from the dashboard when the robot mode was set to Auton Disabled. This worked...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
29-03-2015, 12:49
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,609
Re: 2015 Oklahoma Regional
Congrats 1806, 4522, and 932. We had a great time playing against you guys.
Thanks 1296 and 3507. 1296 stacks like crazy and we felt super fortunate to get a can grabber in 3507. Up close, that...
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Forum: Electrical
12-12-2014, 12:50
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Replies: 52
Views: 11,968
Re: Encoders for 2015 Season
We have never used the ones linked in the OP, but I did mount a couple for a preseason project and didn't like them at all. Too many things to go wrong. I like...
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Forum: Off-Season Events
05-11-2014, 11:48
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Replies: 49
Views: 11,302
Re: Cowtown Throwdown 2014
Thank you all for posting pictures and videos. 1775 had a terrific time at Cow Town.
We'd like to thank our hosts Driven and Hermes, Cerner for sponsoring, Jerry from AndyMark, and the host of...
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Forum: General Forum
02-10-2014, 14:01
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,172
Re: Inclusion in FIRST
I pretty much like all of what Frank said, but especially this. Creating the culture takes time but the payoff is huge. An issue can be addressed as a team problem, not just the problem of the one...
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Forum: General Forum
13-08-2014, 15:59
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Replies: 287
Views: 61,656
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Forum: General Forum
10-07-2014, 00:52
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,172
Re: Inclusion in FIRST
Lodging of out LGBTQ students. This has not come up yet for our team and I had not thought about it. I'm going to have to work up a plan for this. Any suggestions?
We have had inappropriate comments...
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Forum: General Forum
03-07-2014, 14:55
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Replies: 25
Views: 6,172
Re: Inclusion in FIRST
I also think this needs to be largely mentor driven. Personally, I dislike the cosmetic approach of putting up "You go girl" posters or the like. I understand it can help initiate a change, but I'm...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
16-03-2014, 20:12
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Replies: 111
Views: 17,320
Re: 2014 Greater Kansas City Regional
For 1775, more than our money's worth. It's been a while since we made it to the finals so this was especially satisfying for us. Congratulations to 1986, 118, and 1723 on the win, and thanks for...
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Forum: General Forum
15-02-2014, 22:03
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,478
Re: Lee's Summit Scrimmage
In that case, you have a really good looking 'bot. The 1986 machine, up close, is a work of art.
Thanks to the 3 host teams. This was a terrific opportunity for the local teams to test things...
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Forum: General Forum
23-11-2013, 11:17
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,264
Re: Why I am a mentor.
Ed, thank you for that. I too was in the second grade. I could not have summed up my reasons for mentoring any better than you just have.
-Ivan
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Forum: General Forum
20-05-2013, 23:18
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,626
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Forum: NI LabVIEW
08-01-2013, 10:15
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Replies: 8
Views: 649
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Forum: NI LabVIEW
08-01-2013, 00:45
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Replies: 3
Views: 656
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Forum: NI LabVIEW
08-01-2013, 00:42
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Replies: 8
Views: 649
Re: FRCLabVIEWUpdate-Bad .zip file?
Joe, thanks for checking. Maybe it will be different from work tomorrow.
Misha, sorry to hear you've got the same problem. If I have success from a different location, I'll report back here.
Ivan
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Forum: NI LabVIEW
07-01-2013, 23:51
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Replies: 8
Views: 649
Re: FRCLabVIEWUpdate-Bad .zip file?
Downloaded on yet another machine and got the same result. As it is downloading, the download window lists the file size as 62.9 MB. I don't think the download is aborting, I think the file is...
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Forum: NI LabVIEW
07-01-2013, 23:02
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Replies: 8
Views: 649
FRCLabVIEWUpdate-Bad .zip file?
I can't get the file FRCLabVIEWUpdate.zip to unzip correctly. I got it on this link.
http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/2261
The page says it should be 100.04 MB but the file I get is only 62...
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Forum: General Forum
02-03-2012, 21:17
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Replies: 54
Views: 10,523
Re: Ball deflectors.....don't
In KC today, several matches saw balls under both sides of bridges. It turns out if the ball is near the end of the bridge, the thing has to be tipped all the way to the floor on the other side or...
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Forum: NI LabVIEW
08-01-2012, 16:05
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,987
Re: 2012 FRC Labview thumb drive doesn't work
I tried to install LV on two systems today. On my XP laptop, it worked fine. On my Vista, nothing showed up on the drive. I was only able to see the one empty volume. Maybe try on another...
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Forum: General Forum
22-09-2011, 20:06
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Replies: 52
Views: 9,422
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Forum: General Forum
22-09-2011, 19:20
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Replies: 25
Views: 5,571
Re: [DFTF] Building the Brand
Joe,
First off, welcome back.
I'm going to fall into the 'brand is really important' camp here. I have two points. First, I think the most important thing is to establish a brand identity and then...
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