FRC Blog - A Story about Coopertition

[Arpan]

Originally Posted by Whippet

All electric motors will be banned this year. Only rotary pneumatics, high-stroke solenoids, and hamsters in wheels will be legal.

Excellent. Now to figure out what to feed a hamster for best performance.

[Tungrus]

Don't forget the performance enhancing zinc plated nuts and washers on the side!

[audietron]

On a serious note:
This is something that really shows how AndyMark, BaneBot and IFI/Vex really care about the organization and not just money. All three always create some innovative products to help teams out in anyway possible and to support every FRC team competing this year with donated motors is something that can not be put into words for the gratitude everyone has.

[Thad House]

Anybody else think the quotes are kind of suspicious? I get the "Borrow" and the "Out of Stock", but "Full Strength" and "Rest of the Story" seem like weird quotes...

[MysterE]

Originally Posted by Thad House

Anybody else think the quotes are kind of suspicious? I get the "Borrow" and the "Out of Stock", but "Full Strength" and "Rest of the Story" seem like weird quotes...

The "Rest of the Story" is an homage to Paul Harvey's Broadcast that started back in WWII. He would tell an amazing story about someone's life or a product and where it came from. In the end, he would leave off by saying "And now you know the rest of the story."

He is perhaps one my favorite people :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rest_of_the_Story

[Derpancakes]

Originally Posted by MysterE

The "Rest of the Story" is an homage to Paul Harvey's Broadcast that started back in WWII. He would tell an amazing story about someone's life or a product and where it came from. In the end, he would leave off by saying "And now you know the rest of the story."

He is perhaps one my favorite people :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rest_of_the_Story

I swear if this is a hint....

[StAxis]

Originally Posted by Thad House

Anybody else think the quotes are kind of suspicious? I get the "Borrow" and the "Out of Stock", but "Full Strength" and "Rest of the Story" seem like weird quotes...

Full strength is commonly used in hockey... the plot thickens!

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by audietron

On a serious note:
This is something that really shows how AndyMark, BaneBot and IFI/Vex really care about the organization and not just money. All three always create some innovative products to help teams out in anyway possible and to support every FRC team competing this year with donated motors is something that can not be put into words for the gratitude everyone has.

+9,001

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Arpan

Excellent. Now to figure out what to feed a hamster for best performance.

I hear you get the best results if you run them in distilled water for a few minutes.

[Shrub]

What about two hamsters on one wheel? Is that GP?

[IKE]

Originally Posted by Jared Russell

I hear you get the best results if you run them in distilled water for a few minutes.

Technically the water does not have to be distilled. Swimming most show animals (horses, sheep, dogs,.....hamster) does increase lean muscle mass which ultimately improves their power to weight ratio and helps them run cooler in competition under moderate loading and increases peak load carrying capability. While bulk can increase load rating and thus tracktive effort, we have observed a reduction in top speed.
We also have big concerns about bagging the hamster powered robots, which makes me believe they may not do the bag and tag this year....