They're Off!!

[IndySam]

Yea, we got our tracking number!

[samir13k]

I was so pumped when the FedEx tracking system said that our kit was supposed to be delivered today instead of tuesday that I had sat in front of the computer right after shop clean up for a good while pressing refresh waiting for the status to say delivered. As soon as it said delivered, we called our mentor (it was delivered to his house) and drove to his house to pick up the package and start benchtop testing. We got it set up, but immediately made a mess with the shop right after we cleaned it up

[lenny8]

Originally Posted by samir13k

I was so pumped when the FedEx tracking system said that our kit was supposed to be delivered today instead of tuesday that I had sat in front of the computer right after shop clean up for a good while pressing refresh waiting for the status to say delivered. As soon as it said delivered, we called our mentor (it was delivered to his house) and drove to his house to pick up the package and start benchtop testing. We got it set up, but immediately made a mess with the shop right after we cleaned it up

aww man, are we gona be the last Indiana team to get ours?

[synth3tk]

lol, an Indiana team got theirs before us? Anyway, congrats!

I'd like to start seeing a lot of videos with teams putting the new system on old bots.

[samir13k]

Originally Posted by synth3tk

lol, an Indiana team got theirs before us? Anyway, congrats!

I'd like to start seeing a lot of videos with teams putting the new system on old bots.

Hey man, no worries. Its pretty easy to work with...still need to get used to the wago's though lol
benchtop test took me only 2 hours tops working with 1 other guy.
plus, there is plenty of time to work on em.
my word of advice is have a 120 amp breaker, because they dont send you one.

anyways though, 1501 is putting our system in sidewinder, the 2005 bot.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ght=sidewinder
Its got a monocoque skin like all of our bots, which is what the aviation industry uses on airplane bodies. It was a tight squeeze with the old system, but it got its electronics torn up during the last build season. (psh, programmers lol)

[lenny8]

anyways though, 1501 is putting our system in sidewinder, the 2005 bot.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ght=sidewinder
Its got a monocoque skin like all of our bots, which is what the aviation industry uses on airplane bodies. It was a tight squeeze with the old system, but it got its electronics torn up during the last build season. (psh, programmers lol)[/quote]

we only meet once a week so we dont have that much time

[samir13k]

Originally Posted by lenny8

anyways though, 1501 is putting our system in sidewinder, the 2005 bot.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ght=sidewinder
Its got a monocoque skin like all of our bots, which is what the aviation industry uses on airplane bodies. It was a tight squeeze with the old system, but it got its electronics torn up during the last build season. (psh, programmers lol)

we only meet once a week so we dont have that much time[/quote]

I dont know if you have the facilities, but luckily we have the use of the Henlines Towing building. They have been great mentors, and great in providing facilities. Anytime we want to show up, we are allowed to. Basically the lead programmer and I are meeting everyday we can to figure out all the kinks and cool things about the new system. I will post a pic as soon as we get the bot up and running. I will also post a before pic so you can see how much of a difference we had in using the new components vs. the old.

[synth3tk]

Any day you want? That's awesome. We'd do anything to have that kind of schedule.

I'm looking forward to those pics.

[samir13k]

Originally Posted by synth3tk

Any day you want? That's awesome. We'd do anything to have that kind of schedule.

I'm looking forward to those pics.

We are lucky to have sponsors like them. Even though they dont give us 5000 a year, they are worth much more to our team. They provide transport, facilities, tools, and their time. They even baked us cookies today!
Another benefit our team has is 4-H as a sponsor. They actually provide our insurance and give us a whole community building where we can set up our playing field and leave it up. I cant thank our sponsors enough. Now if only me or the programmers could drive. It is going to be a cold walk between the 2 buildings
PS, I'll try to get those pics up asap.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by lenny8

anyways though, 1501 is putting our system in sidewinder, the 2005 bot.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ght=sidewinder
Its got a monocoque skin like all of our bots, which is what the aviation industry uses on airplane bodies. It was a tight squeeze with the old system, but it got its electronics torn up during the last build season. (psh, programmers lol)

we only meet once a week so we dont have that much time[/quote]

You can make the time....

[lenny8]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

we only meet once a week so we dont have that much time

You can make the time....[/quote]

we are trying to, at least i want to but, the old people cant because they have these job or w/e they call it or the best excuse because there wives are mad

[synth3tk]

Once a week? That's, what, 6 meetings? Or is that before the season?

[lenny8]

b4 season, man that would awesome if we could build a robot in 6 days

[synth3tk]

Oh, I was about to say, if you could even build a half-decent robot in a week's-worth of time....

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by lenny8

b4 season, man that would awesome if we could build a robot in 6 days

I am challenging our FRC team to build a rolling chassis in one. I KNOW our electrical guys can get it wired in under 2 hrs. And programming, well, thats going to be the hard part. Besides, I know teams that built their robots AT Championship a couple years back. ^_^ It is doable.