Team 1987 Launcher

[emmahand]

Thanks to Team 1816 for this picture!

Here is our robot, the Mammoth, at the Minnesota Regional launching the blue trackball over the overpass. The only launcher at the MN Regional!



See you at Nationals!

Team 1987- The Broncobots
Lee's Summit, Missouri

Engineering Inspiration Award- MN Regional 2008
Autodesk Visualization Award- MN Regional 2008
Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award- CO Regional 2007
Autodesk Visualization Award- CO Regional 2007

[Alex Cormier]

WOW! That is the most beautiful overpass I have seen yet this year. I see absolutely no slack at all. Was this a new field sent off to MN? I know buckeye had a brand new field as well.

[CarterM]

1987 was one of the few launchers at the Minnesota Launcher. It was really fun to have the announcer "countdown" to when they would launch the ball! It cheered up the crowd.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

WOW! That is the most beautiful overpass I have seen yet this year. I see absolutely no slack at all. Was this a new field sent off to MN? I know buckeye had a brand new field as well.

Judging by the mark son the lane dividers at the driver's meeting on Thursday morning I would say that this was not a new field. The robocoach fences also looked worse for wear in a few places.

Originally Posted by CarterM

1987 was one of the few launchers at the Minnesota Launcher. It was really fun to have the announcer "countdown" to when they would launch the ball! It cheered up the crowd.

As far as I know they were the only launcher at MN (as stated by emmahand).

It seemed like every time I was watching this 'bot it wouldn't launch, then I would hear my scouts all talking about how cool it was
Luckily I finally got to see you guys firing away in the elims.

[emmahand]

Our team had so much fun at the Minnesota Regional. How nice to be part of an inaugural event. The entire regional was run very smoothly, and the best part was being right on time for most matches!

Thanks to all the teams that made us feel at home!

Special thanks to the Fighting Calculators for hosting the webcast! All of our families back at home were so excited to watch. Thank you thank you thank you!

Congratulations to all the teams. As part of the eighth alliance, we were HAPPY to be beat by the number one, undefeated, team : )

[Ricky Q.]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

WOW! That is the most beautiful overpass I have seen yet this year. I see absolutely no slack at all. Was this a new field sent off to MN? I know buckeye had a brand new field as well.

This was definitely not a new field, it was in OKC the week before and had to have the center lane divider supports re-welded before Minnesota because of the abuse they took.

Much care was taken in set up and tear down to make sure everything was done right.

Kudos to 1987 for a great bot and all your other success this year!

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by emmahand

Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology" Award- CO Regional 2008
Autodesk Visualization Award- CO Regional 2008

I think these should be 2007. It would ave been a little difficult to win awards in MN and CO this year considering they were on the same weekend!

Oh, and you're welcome for the webcast. We were glad we could lend a hand and let all the parents at home (or on spring break in Florida like my family) catch their teams in action.

[emmahand]

Hahaha thanks for catching that, I'm an idiot!

[BeckyHand]

Yes you are Emma, JUST KIDDING! (sisters )
Thank you for all the nice comments, everyone. I was very impressed with the entire group of teams. I also happened to love Mall of America. You teams up in Minnesota are lucky to be by such an amazing mall! I wish Missouri had malls like that
Thank you all for being so welcoming,
Becky

[Shadow503]

You guys are sending that up there pretty high! How much are you clearing it by?