Forum: General Forum
09-05-2016, 11:52
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Replies: 116
Views: 16,105
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Forum: General Forum
22-04-2016, 12:54
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,198
Re: Best places to eat
Smoki O's Bar-B-Que is awesome. We got our lunch there all three days last year. Prices were reasonable and the food was great.
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Forum: Regional Competitions
28-03-2016, 11:38
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Replies: 70
Views: 12,665
Re: Iowa Regional 2016
Team 171 had a great time at the first Iowa Regional. Huge thanks to our partners 5442 and 2512. 5442, you guys sure didn't seem like a second year team. You had a phenomenal robot, and I think...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
14-03-2016, 21:23
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Replies: 70
Views: 12,665
Re: Iowa Regional 2016
Team 171 is looking forward to our first event this year in Cedar Falls, and I'm personally very excited for the first FRC event in Iowa. It's awesome to see how FRC has grown in Iowa since I...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
14-03-2016, 20:03
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Replies: 302
Views: 32,574
Re: Video Review Needs to Happen Now
This about sums up where I'm at. I cannot wait to see the results of some offseason events that choose to implement this. Until we have some actual data, most of these arguments are speculative. ...
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Forum: Pneumatics
06-03-2016, 22:34
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,224
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Forum: Extra Discussion
06-02-2016, 13:36
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Replies: 4
Views: 948
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Forum: General Forum
24-10-2015, 10:18
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Replies: 38
Views: 6,122
Re: 2015/16 College Help Thread
I'm currently a Junior studying Software Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in Platteville WI. Platteville is home to Team 171, and the team meets in the University's new (2008)...
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Forum: General Forum
17-09-2015, 16:08
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Replies: 86
Views: 8,866
Re: How old is your oldest robot
Our oldest robot that is still functional is from 2003, we get it out sometimes for driver practice. We also have our 1995 robot minus the electronics. We actually have pretty much all of our old...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
20-08-2015, 14:11
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Replies: 247
Views: 61,075
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Forum: Championship Event
15-04-2015, 00:38
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Replies: 169
Views: 29,179
Re: The 2015 Grand Shirt Trading Thread
I have a medium 171 shirt I'd like to trade. Looking for a medium in return. Special preference for 1756, 2338, 4143, 2039. Open to any others. Send me a PM.
Edit: All out
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Forum: General Forum
11-04-2015, 13:29
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Replies: 80
Views: 12,217
Re: Clash of Objectives.
You seem to be implying that the goal of winning is detrimental to the goal of inspiring students.
Winning in my book is the ultimate method of inspiration, it is a culmination and validation of...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
06-04-2015, 17:21
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Replies: 37
Views: 7,133
Re: 2015 Midwest Regional
First off, a huge shout-out to our partners 2338 and 1756 for picking us. We had a blast playing with you guys, righting recycle cans is something we only spent a small amount of our practice time...
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Forum: General Forum
05-08-2014, 08:24
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,557
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Forum: Thanks and/or Congrats
10-07-2014, 22:31
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Replies: 21
Views: 5,443
Re: Alliance Partner Gifts/Giveaways
By far the coolest alliance gift/give away I have received is a hat from 2056 they gave members of their partner's drive teams at World Championships in 2013. I'm not sure if that is something they...
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Forum: General Forum
15-06-2014, 19:17
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,507
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Forum: Motors
28-05-2014, 12:02
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,721
Re: Free Old Motors
Thanks, but actually they are all gone. I will be contacting everyone who sent me a pm to let them know what we can send them. I am still pretty amazed at how fast people acted. Thank you all!
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Forum: Motors
27-05-2014, 20:05
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,721
Re: Free Old Motors
Well, I guess you learn something new every day. How long were these around in the kit of parts? Those threads are from 2002, were they used any other year? Did people use the "built in" output...
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Forum: Motors
27-05-2014, 19:01
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,721
Re: Free Old Motors
Not really, rather than an 8mm round output shaft, the shaft has splines on it. Unfortunately, all the spline shaft motors are spoken for, as well as all the globe motors. We are still working out...
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Forum: Motors
27-05-2014, 12:03
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,721
Free Old Motors
Team 171 recently started cleaning out our shop, and we found drawers full of old FRC motors. Rather than immediately recycle them immediately, we thought we would offer them up to other teams that...
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Forum: General Forum
12-05-2014, 16:53
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Replies: 80
Views: 13,391
Re: Let's bring CD back to the way it used to be
This.
I rarely posted as a student for fear of having the "wrong" opinion. As a student it can be quite intimidating to put your thoughts out for the scrutiny of the wider community. Side note, I...
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Forum: General Forum
11-05-2014, 15:53
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Replies: 93
Views: 13,061
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Forum: General Forum
11-05-2014, 10:40
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Replies: 93
Views: 13,061
Re: A Request
I suppose I would be one of those people you are asking to stop looking down on FTC, so I feel like I should explain why I do. I would not say FTC is necessarily inferior to FRC, it does have its...
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Forum: General Forum
08-05-2014, 12:35
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Replies: 11
Views: 4,208
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Forum: General Forum
27-04-2014, 17:58
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Replies: 121
Views: 17,886
Was Aerial Assist Better than Ultimate Ascent?
I know after last season many people were singing the praises of Ultimate Ascent as the best FRC game ever. As I think back on this year, at least from my perspective as a drive coach, I found the...
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