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I concur with everything that Jared341 said. My additions:
- It was scary to look in the mirror and see... 3974!
E=mCD Robotics basically built the same bot we did.
Most all of Jared's comments applied to them as well:
"...simple magazine accurate fixed-angle shooter optimized for a couple of
specific - but protected - shots"
They shot from the same spots we did. Same 10 pt hang mechanism. They were
even the same color! Primary difference was we did floor intake (to the
exclusion of human player loading) and they did the reverse.
- It was impressive to see 486 shooting absolute laser beams.
I was expecting to see the dampening chains get sheared by 486
launched frisbees...
- 25/103 didn't have their climbers quite ready for this event.
When they do, they said it would be fast - much faster
than the 30 pointers we saw at this event. If they
can pull that off they will be very tough/impossible to beat.
- It was cool to see how many teams were using that standard
Home Depot 5 gallon bucket as the basis for their hoppers.
It was the perfect fit!!!
- Congrats to 1807/Allentown (neighboring high school to ours)
for a top 10 finish.
- We apologized in person but apologies again to the
Midknight Inventors. In one match our hopper jammed
and the only way to unjam it was to drive into the wall
and hope the impact would sort things out. It did that
marvelously but it also had the unfortunate side
effect of knocking over the station control cabinet
onto their feet....
[or the scorpion case - I'm not sure from the FMS
white paper if they are one in the same. It's cabinet
with the LED lights under the middle driver station...]
- congrats To Green MASHine (4460) on their
Rookie All Star Award. They do FRC and FTC. Their
enthusiasm was palpable. It's not clear if/when they actually sleep.
- Many folks asked what wheels we were using on
our shooter. Nitrile Sure-Grip Drive Rollers from McMaster.com:
http://www.mcmaster.com/#roller-feeders/=lqhiof.