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Unread 29-09-2011, 01:55
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Re: BASH at the Beach

Beginning to get stoked about the Bash. Team meeting earlier tonight had newbies and veterans "marveling" at our pile of electrified aluminum. We discovered that somehow one of the connectors that powers a pneumatic solenoid is missing. No luck finding the little devil either. Might be "in the bag" wherever that plastic sack got stashed. So I'll be circulating a color wanted poster in the pits at BATB, with the plea to borrow one for the day. I'll attach a picture here in case there one of you dear readers can connect our solenoid for a day.

I also found out just how (un-)marvelous our team's communication is. We apparently owe thanks to R.A.G.E for the use of one of their "STOP" buttons at the Hartford regional. I'm now told that ours is not operational despite attempts to repair it. So there are two sources of horror here: bad comm disease AND a failing single point of failure that prevents the robot from starting at all. What?!?! We only have ONE of these? Now there would have been a good e-mail to write, right?

So we hobbled through checkout of the robot by wiggling the stop button cable at the point of entry into its case until the tiny green spot showed up. We got the robot to work, but we're going to need a reliable device for BATB.

So, I'll be cruising the pits with two pictures, in my quest to put our robot into contention. Thanks in advance for any help you can muster for us.
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