pic: Team 237 Memorial Day Parade

[Eric Scheuing]

Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676

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.

Wow. That's no fun. And I thought 1.2 (Thanks Chris) miles with wool uniforms sucked.

[JohnBoucher]

No candy shooting or throwing allowed in 237 land

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676

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.

Wait, you get a choice?

We also marched and... of course. It sucked.

There's a little memorial at the cemetery and we march to it and stay there and stuff. I passed out last year because of the uniforms. I was fine this year, but still...

I don't know how well it would work if our robot was driving the parade. There's quite the up-hill that it would have to travel. It has no problem getting up a 1 foot ramp, but a 40-50 foot slope might be a little difficult.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Mercury Rising

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

No camera on the bot today since we killed two of them at Monty Madness last weekend, but if it was hooked up, I would of liked to try and track the traffic lights if they were green, and not flashing yellow. Darn flashing yellow. LOL

The parade was fun as always, and everyone had a good time.

Special thanks to Marc from Team 38 for making a guest appearance on his Segway yet again this year.

[artdutra04]

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?

The Air National Guard always flies 2 A-10s over every single town in Connecticut each Memorial Day.

[Daisy]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

The Air National Guard always flies 2 A-10s over every single town in Connecticut each Memorial Day.

I knew they flew over my town (although, I don't think they ever flew them this low; maybe 500 feet, usually it is a LOT higher; or maybe I was just shorter (I know, I know, how much shorter can I get??)), but we're just not that special . Well, we aren't.

Pretty sight, let me tell you.

Thanks for the info.

[pacoliketaco]

our team was able to get in our hometown, Allentown NJ, parade. I was lucky enough to get to drive the robot the whole way. it was like 1/2 hour long and we only used one battery. of course, all we were doing was driving, nothing fancy. Anyway, it was pretty cool.

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by Eric Scheuing

Wow. That's no fun. And I thought 1.2 (Thanks Chris) miles with wool uniforms sucked.

No, it's not. But we're getting new ones next year, instead of the 16-year-old-ones (older than me!) we have now, so there's a glimmer of hope.

Originally Posted by InfernoX14

Wait, you get a choice?

No, not technically. But if you have a legit reason, he might approve it. We'll see. Don Rotolo (one of my team's mentors) has already says he likes the idea. We'll see.

The Canuck