Forum: Robot Showcase
31-03-2005, 16:02
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Replies: 31
Views: 9,032
Re: pic: 35 MPH Prototype
if you have efficient gearboxes the motor should be able to get fairly close to its rated freespeed.
it'll just take a while to get there, but the only resistive forces it would need to overcome...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
17-03-2005, 14:46
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Replies: 41
Views: 4,491
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Forum: Chit-Chat
31-10-2004, 12:03
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,251
Re: Cleaning an iPod?
Dishwasher.
On a more serious note, I'd suggest really really highly concentrated rubbing alchohol. You use it to clean processors, whenever you need to seat one, because it evaporates so quickly...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
23-10-2004, 18:49
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Replies: 107
Views: 7,479
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Forum: Chit-Chat
23-10-2004, 01:14
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,501
Re: RED SOX FOR TEH WIN!!!
Go Cards!!!!
I'm a freshman at Rice U.
which happens to be in Houston. I got alot of crap for being a cards fan, but I won. hahaha
Now its time to kill the Bosox.
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Forum: Chit-Chat
22-09-2004, 22:33
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,446
Re: CD Shattered
The CD was flawed, it failed at high speeds. Its more common than you would think.
The CD is, of course, unrecoverable (call the publisher, they will probably send you a new one if you ask...
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Forum: General Forum
19-09-2004, 19:48
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Replies: 43
Views: 5,836
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Forum: Chit-Chat
11-09-2004, 15:51
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Replies: 170
Views: 11,098
Re: Class of 05: Where are You Applying?
What, no Rice kids?
Its among the top engineering schools, had a gorgeous campus (don't let Houston weather put you off, I've been here three weeks and the weather hasn't been anything to whine and...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
31-08-2004, 10:09
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Replies: 46
Views: 11,459
Re: True things heard at college.
"Wow, I didn't expect to see a mob of nekkid people running around for at least a week or so . . . . "
-said by me, watching as a (coed) mob of nekkid folks ran around putting shaving-cream...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
26-07-2004, 14:06
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,564
Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Is fantastic. I watched it.
Napoleon doesn't have much in common with us. He is a huge loser in his highschool, but because he has no social graces, not because he is way into robots or anything...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
13-07-2004, 14:16
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,486
Re: AP test results
Last year I took:
US History: 4
Physics B: 5
English writing: 4
This year I took:
Chemistry: ? <edit> 5
Calc BC: ? <edit> 5, subscore 5
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Forum: Chit-Chat
11-07-2004, 16:16
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Replies: 6
Views: 726
Re: Cheap bipedal robot
Yeah, but it has something like 17 servos. Good luck finding a tiny controller that can deal with that easily. Well, actually, they probably exist and I doubt that they would be ridiculously...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
11-07-2004, 01:44
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Replies: 6
Views: 726
Re: Cheap bipedal robot
Good luck finding actuators small enough. You would have to use motors from slot cars or something, you won't find a servo that small (without paying top dollar).
Are you really buying one? Tell me...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
11-07-2004, 01:18
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Replies: 6
Views: 726
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Forum: Chit-Chat
08-07-2004, 23:00
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,294
Re: Help Billfred Find a Ride!
crown vic polic package. It totally rocks, and will seat zix in comfort, seven or even eight if you really need to, and thats without putting anyone in the trunk (at least ten if you do that). On...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
07-06-2004, 23:56
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,102
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Forum: Chit-Chat
05-06-2004, 11:56
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,102
Re: A very cool movie for download (aircraft)
CFS3 is the laughingstock of the IL-2 community. IL-2 is the single best computer game I have ever played. I've read an article written by a test pilot (who has flown most of the aircraft in IL-2)...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
03-06-2004, 23:31
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,102
A very cool movie for download (aircraft)
http://www.virtualwarcinema.com/Movies/Bellum-highres.avi
This movie was made using the game IL-2 Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles with the Ace Expansion Pack.
The video opens with two P-38L...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
03-06-2004, 00:52
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,578
Re: The Polar Express
I remember loving the book, but I don't remember the story. How about an executive summary?
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Forum: Chit-Chat
03-06-2004, 00:50
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,032
Re: Seniors going off to college
I will be going to Rice U. in Houston, which is a ways from my team in Saint Louis.
However, seeing as our team was mostly seniors this year, it will have trouble.
I think we have it worked out. ...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
03-06-2004, 00:19
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,054
Re: pic: One last view
You don't need to belt.
They way those cones are set up, a gear with widely spaced, narrow teeth would work.
One tooth for each grove.
However the shaft the gear slides on would need to be angled...
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Forum: General Forum
25-04-2004, 00:44
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,782
Re: Reverse Robotics !!!!!!!!!!
I would like to see Mr. Shen try his hand at driving it. But most repairs are student-done on my team, so that means we would have to let our mentors do all our repairs. Which is bad, because when...
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Forum: General Forum
18-03-2004, 14:57
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Replies: 45
Views: 4,059
Re: An ethical question
we had four engineers from Boeing. Were they right not to invite us to the fighter manufacturing plant to help us build our robot?
Of course not. He was an engineer sent to help you guys, he is...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
16-03-2004, 22:14
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,816
Re: pic: Mangled Steel
yeah, it was probably more gravity than anything, but we had a massive garage door spring on there that kept it neutral. I think it was inertia.
Still, thats pretty wicked awesome. I was going to...
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Forum: General Forum
15-03-2004, 21:20
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,283
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