pic: Team 237 Memorial Day Parade

[JohnBoucher]

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[Morgan Gillespie]

Quick quick get on the ramp!

[Kim Masi]

After the Memorial Parade some 177 kids just had, this is the highlight of my day. Did u fire candy out the shooter?

[K.Shaw]

nope but we did shoot lots of balls, haha. another great showing at the parade.

[Greg Marra]

How many battery switches did you have to make? Our parade is rather long, and I bet we'd have to switch it out at least three or four times.

[K.Shaw]

we only went through 2 bats (over a mile), and over-heated the window motor....stupid window motor. everything else went wonderfully

[Morgan Gillespie]

Did you ever hit anyone in the crowd wearing a neon green shirt?

[Kim Masi]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

How many battery switches did you have to make? Our parade is rather long, and I bet we'd have to switch it out at least three or four times.

greg when was the last time you marched in the parade? its like the shortest parade ever. 3/4 of a mile.

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by robochik52

its like the shortest parade ever. 3/4 of a mile.

Ours wasn't. I was marching with the band, so we were wearing heavy jackets and hats for like 3-3.5-4 mi. With the weather like 85 degrees. Ugh. Not fun. I'm hoping the team will march next year so I have an excuse to not march with the band. Really cool idea though.

[Beth Sweet]

We had a Segway in our parade too! Ours however, was being ridden by a vet who had on a neck brace and didn't look like he could walk too well... Very cool though

[Daisy]

a bit random, but it does have to do with engineering.

Two A-10s flew over head!!! That was so sweet! I was marching as a GS with flag, and I just had to slow down. They were ridiculously low. Did they fly over any other CT parades?

[Pat Arnold]

I think I see an American flag on the robot where the blue or red alliance flag would normally be. It's great (especially on Memorial Day) to proudly recognize being part of the USA.

[Scott Shaw 237]

Haha yes another great showing at the parade. We do indeed have an American flag where our alliance flag would normally go. And to answer Daisys question, 2 A-10s also flew very low over our parade route right when it began, like they do every year. Such a wonderful sight. The robot performed well. Now it is doing some resting before we do a tire change and some fixes before we pull it back out for BC7.

[Chris Marra]

Originally Posted by robochik52

greg when was the last time you marched in the parade? its like the shortest parade ever. 3/4 of a mile.

It's 1.2 from the middle of S Satellite, so more like 1.4 since only the HS marching band and the army vehicles were that far up at the start of the parade.

So, have any teams shot candy out of their shooters? I was wondering how to best do that a few weeks ago, but didn't think it'd be too feasible for any distance.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Daisy

a bit random, but it does have to do with engineering.

Two A-10s flew over head!!! That was so sweet! I was marching as a GS with flag, and I just had to slow down. They were ridiculously low. Did they fly over any other CT parades?

Yea, they flew over the South Windsor Parade, probably on their way to the Rockville one .