[EWCP]-11-27-11 Drivetrain Design

[Ken Patton]

Originally Posted by Madison

Those that spring to mind immediately include 157 in 1999....

The 157 bot with articulated drive from that era (2000 I think?) was awesome.

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Ken Patton

The 157 bot with articulated drive from that era (2000 I think?) was awesome.

It was 1999. I think that the announcer called it a "daunting display of dexterity". The beginning of this video shows a good view of their articulated wheels.

This was back when contact outside the bumper zone was very normal.

Andy B.

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

It was 1999. I think that the announcer called it a "daunting display of dexterity". The beginning of this video shows a good view of their articulated wheels.

This was back when contact outside the bumper zone was very normal.

Andy B.

Andy do you recall what team is playing with 157 in that match? I cant seem to find a team # in the video.

I'm only curious because they seem to be sponsored by the company I work for, and this could be a fun video to pass around the office.

-Brando

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

Andy do you recall what team is playing with 157 in that match? I cant seem to find a team # in the video. I'm only curious because they seem to be sponsored by the company I work for, and this could be a fun video to pass around the office.

-Brando

Oh, yes, I recall.

The other team is 131, Chaos, from Manchester NH. I believe that Kristen Kelso was a student on the team at that time, and of course Dave and Nancy Kelso were mentors (whom I did not know yet). One of their mentors was very frustrated that no penalty was called against team 45 for pushing 157 off the puck during that match.

When we (45) went out to Rumble at the Rock that following summer, team 131 was there and I was weary about running into this frustrated mentor. I thought I saw this mentor in the pits, and I did not say anything to him. The following winter out at kickoff, I approached him to address his concerns. It turned out that the guy I thought was the concerned engineer was the very understanding teacher, Mr. David Kelso, and he told me that he loved the match (except for the fact that his alliance lost) and the other frustrated mentor was wrong. And so began a wonderful friendship between my family and the Kelsos. I am sure that many other FIRSTers have great experiences with all of the Kelso family.

Speaking of Rumble at the Rock, that reminds me of another question for Dr. Joe: What was the cheer he led while wearing some ridiculous costume during 1999 Rumble?

Andy B.

[JackS]

This question is for Joe J and Aren (and Andy too):

As a "rookie", will you build a kitbot? Being in the unique position of having both experience and rookie students, how do you balance sharing your own knowledge of concepts with letting students learn lessons on their own?

[Andrew Schreiber]

In the spirit of this thread I'd like to share a little project that the EWCP would like to share with you. On our website we have created a page that recreates the wonderful JVN Single Speed DT calculator. If there is interest we will work on recreating other tools in the browser. It is available at http://ewcp.org/calculators/gearbox/single/

Simply drag the blue text items to change their values and watch the outputs change.

Enjoy

[IndySam]

Can you guys present the recorded episodes in something other than iTunes please?

I can't save the broadcasts for later listening or pause or rewind if I want to re-hear something without iTunes and I don't want to have to install it on my computer. Not to put to fine a point on it but I hate iTunes.

[thefro526]

All of the Podcasts are available for download via Talkshoe: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/98466

Right Click the download icon next to the cast and you can save it as an MP3 file.

(Can totally understand your hate of iTunes)

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by thefro526

All of the Podcasts are available for download via Talkshoe: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/98466

Right Click the download icon next to the cast and you can save it as an MP3 file.

(Can totally understand your hate of iTunes)

Actually, if you prefer RSS feeds we publish that too at http://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss98466.xml (I lose the url all the time)


For reference, anyone who wants things in iTunes, all it takes is an rss feed and an apple ID. There is some special formatting in the xml to get it to parse into itunes but overall it is pretty simple. Talkshoe published those automatically for us. If you have more questions about the tools we use just shoot me a PM, I'm more than willing to discuss any of it.

Edit: Continuing my babbling about the website. ewcp.org is the EWCP Blog, there will be posts about all our casts there as well. If you just want to see the casts the link is http://ewcp.org/blog/categories/cast/

[IndySam]

Thanks Dustin

[Akash Rastogi]

Reminder to all: The cast is Tonight Sunday the 27th at 9pm EST.

I am excited.

[Matthew Blake]

Where do we go to find the webcast?

[Andrew Schreiber]

Typical information for the podcast on Talkshoe. You may want to go to Talkshoe early and create an account. You link the account to your phone number so you can call in and participate. The information below should be accurate for the call on Sunday but the ID could change
Call information:
TEL: (724) 444-7444
ID: 98466 You may need to register with Talkshoe if you haven't before.

http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/98466 should have a link to the cast once it goes live ~830PM EST

Calling in will let you listen. Using the website will allow you to listen and join in the text chat. Whichever option works best for you.

As always the casts will be available in itunes, on talkshoe, and on our website. (Ok, they all go to the same file but I like having options)