[maxgebhardt]

well I'm a senior, so I'm full of stories, some me, some kids who left... anyway, fresman year at the colombia U, NYC regional (2001) one of our team members decided he couldn't sleep at 2 AM so he left the hotel and walked uptow from 110th street staight into harlem, when he came back at 4 AM our mentor was sooooo pissed at him...
another time sophmore year some kids decided to make a crossbow out of 1" square aluminum tube, and the elastic tubing, they used the 1/2" long drill bit as a bolt. the first firing sent the bolt across the room and into a blackboard, the hole is still there.
that same year at nationals we got to space mountan 5 minutes before closing, so we got on, and the line was short, but we werent done, so we came right out the exit and went back on. its not so dumb until you realize there were at least 8 of us doing this, and we rode it 6 times...
this year at final bin bash in NJ I had junk in my pockets that sung around, so I decided to duct tape my pants tight at the knee to keep them from swinging, and tighten my belt. the problem was I left my rear no slack, so when I crouched for the team picture, my pants split right open from zipper to back...
last year I was installing line following sensors under the bot, when I decided to make sure the bracket was extra tight... I severed the wires...
freshman year, one of our team members was told to figure out how to hook up the speed controllers (victor 883's) so he diced to test one. he looked at it and saw no positive or negative marker, so rather than RTFM he hooked all 4 in series and reversed the polarity, blowing them all out. not fun at $112 a pop... (will stop for broke speed controllers)
last year at huston, we forgot saftey goggles, so I mentioned I saw a target on the way there, so I voluteered to go, and took a list, mostly drinks and junk, that I needed to get... it wasnt a little walk, it was 3 miles (round trip) I later found out, and the googles and 20 pounds of liquid refreshment were a pain to carry. the nice part was when I showed up and sold some of my purchase at a markup to other firsters...