Posted by David McGovern.
Student on team #349, RoBahama, from International academy and Ford.
Posted on 4/12/2000 1:10 PM MST
In Reply to: 'My Favorite Part was.....' posted by Erin on 4/12/2000 11:59 AM MST:
: You know how after a good movie you always recall your favorite part of that movie?
: Well I was just wondering what anyone's favorite part of the compeititon was.
: I am very bored, and I was very interested in these stories. I hope one day to write a great big book on my expereinces with FIRST and I am currently collecting these stories. If you could post one relating to your team and one of the nationals overall, and one of your favorite moment throughout the season. Ill share mine if you share yours
: I'll be here waiting...
: -erin
: p.s. sunblock SPF 30 does not work. i give up.
Haha, that's an easy one for me. The most memorable part of the competition was at Chicago when our robot hung on the bar, but the tether did not work when we tried to take it off the bar. So it was stuck up there while we frantically attempted to take it down. Everybody was stunned, our electrical engineer Matt was freaking out because we had not cleaned up our messy wiring job at that time (sorry Matt). Dean and Woodie were up there and couldn't figure out what was wrong with the robot, and finally to get piņa robata off the bar after holding up the competition, the bar had to be removed!. Heh, by the time we finally got gator clips to apply power directly to the motor (we suspected a faulty wire), we recieved only one gator clip and no battery! It turned out that one tooth of the wrist gear was bent, a new one had to be fabricated afterward. That had to be one of the most embarrassing moments for our team.
Ciao all
David - team #349