Forum: General Forum
11-05-2005, 05:30
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,568
Re: Favorite Autonomous Mode
Because you said the magic words ("I wish" - we are very big on wishing);) , you get to see Team 980's autonomous mode PLUS a bonus: our awesome Thunderbolt animation.:ahh:
Go to...
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Forum: FRC Game Design
27-04-2005, 13:24
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,093
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Forum: FRC Game Design
26-04-2005, 16:25
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,093
Lessons learned by teams for next year...
Our team learned some lessons this year the hard way by experiencing a problem or loss that we could have prevented.
1) In the third match of the finals in the S. California Regional, we couldn't...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
26-04-2005, 15:06
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Replies: 73
Views: 5,575
Re: Should FIRST address "ramp bots"?
There are also disadvantages to wedges.
We put wedges on the sides of our robot so that when we were trying to cap, opponents would have trouble tipping us or shoving us around. However in the...
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Forum: Championship Event
20-04-2005, 01:27
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,621
Re: Archimedes Division
I wasn't there, but my understanding is that there was a collision, and simultaneously, a lapse in correct language occurred. (I was told that it was very late.) Because of the language lapse, the...
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Forum: Championship Event
19-04-2005, 10:52
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,621
Re: Archimedes Division
Hi everyone,
Here is a link to a movie on our team web site showing our new autonomous mode. It's a 4 MB download but there's some humor at the end. :-)
http://www.team980.com/#automovie
See...
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Forum: Electrical
19-04-2005, 05:20
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,266
Re: Batteries Required??
Thanks for letting us know about your battery tester.
I received an email from one of your team members, Dave Garnett, and he referred me to
This tester looks very promising. For sure, it has been...
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Forum: General Forum
17-04-2005, 07:43
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,480
Re: PLEASE HELP 1266
Our team was in a similar situation after we won the Rookie All-Star award in 2002. That award didn't qualify us to go the Championship Event, but it motivated us to go as we realized that we had a...
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Forum: Electrical
16-04-2005, 14:13
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,266
Re: Batteries Required??
I am still trying to find out the make and model of your mysterious battery tester. If it can really predict the amp-hours remaining in a battery, I am sure that a lot of team would find that...
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Forum: General Forum
12-04-2005, 04:20
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Replies: 40
Views: 3,712
Re: Please pray for the Ritchie family
Dear Libby, Scott, Ryan and Taylor,
I was very sad to hear today of the car accident that Libby, Ryan and Taylor were in, but I was happy to read here on Chief Delphi that all three of you are...
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Forum: Electrical
11-04-2005, 15:37
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,266
Re: Batteries Required??
We bought two different types of battery tester this year, but neither of them shows the "amp hours left". What was the make and model of the "battery reader thing"?
I suspect that your tester was...
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Forum: Championship Event
11-04-2005, 13:54
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,204
Re: REQUEST - Are you a Multi-School Team?
Team 980, the ThunderBots
S. California
25 members
4 schools plus students from other schools
* How do you organize your team with multiple schools
We go around to the four schools that sponsor our...
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Forum: Electrical
10-04-2005, 21:37
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,266
Re: Batteries Required??
If you need more battery chargers, we found one at Walmart for about $25.00 that fits the FIRST requirements. We have been using three of this model and find that they work well, although now and...
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Forum: Unsung FIRST Heroes
08-04-2005, 20:31
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Replies: 18
Views: 6,169
Re: UFH: Travis Covington
Congratulations Travis and thanks for partnering with us in S. Calif. We were close, so close, and it was great fun.
You and your whole team have a class act, and we are always excited to see your...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
05-04-2005, 03:07
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Replies: 40
Views: 5,621
Re: So Cal Regional!!!!
Wow! We really enjoyed the S. Calif. Regional. Great venue and great company.
Our team was making some modifications on Thurs. and lost our first and third qualifying matches. It seemed like we...
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Forum: Thanks and/or Congrats
30-03-2005, 04:38
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Replies: 4
Views: 678
Re: 1097 happily thanks 368 and 852 :)
I would like to congratulate Teams 1097, 852 and 368 on being winners in the FIRST sense of that word, because you have demonstrated the ability to compete full out and then to rise above winning or...
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Forum: General Forum
28-03-2005, 23:27
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Replies: 45
Views: 12,502
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Forum: General Forum
28-03-2005, 15:49
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Replies: 45
Views: 12,502
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Forum: Regional Competitions
28-03-2005, 06:25
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,334
Re: Silicon Valley Regional
Thanks for the reply.
I would venture a guess that the unsafe condition ceased to exist and that the referees then imposed the 30 point penalty instead of disabling the robot responsible for the...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
27-03-2005, 23:22
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,334
Re: Silicon Valley Regional
I would like to congratulate all the teams at the Silicon Valley Regional. This is Team 980's first year competing at this event, and I have to say that it is a truly great regional. The singing and...
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Forum: General Forum
24-02-2005, 14:03
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,882
Re: universal goal designations : The poll
Reading over the replies, I decided to vote for number one because of all the variation in how teams are dealing with this.
If we use number 1 (far left, near left, etc.), it will be understandable...
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Forum: Starting New Teams
09-02-2005, 06:51
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,659
Re: how do i join a team?
Our team, Team 980, in the Los Angeles area accepts students from schools that don't have teams, as does Team 254 in the San Jose area.
So hunt around and find a team nearby where you can help out....
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Forum: FIRST E-Mail Blast Archive
09-02-2005, 06:41
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,074
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Forum: Motors
05-02-2005, 03:54
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Replies: 1
Views: 690
Any teams have motors to sell?
Hi,
Team 980 is trying to track down one of each of the following motors:
Nippon-Denso, Window Motor, RH
Taigene, Power Sliding Door Motor
If any team would like to sell either motor, please...
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Forum: You Make The Call
22-01-2005, 06:21
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,387
Re: YMTC: Descoring Tetras???
Well sorry to diverge from the initial question but that brings up another question for me. If Red is trying to score a tetra and Blue rams Red to prevent Red from scoring (but not at "high speed")...
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