Lansing District 2009

[luciaes]

Originally Posted by JABot67

What team are you referring to? 2627 didn't go to Lansing.

he means 2767

[dragonrulr288]

I am with 216 and would like to thank team 1, 245, and (sorry I forgot your number) the Captains! We had an amazing time!

Lol and I got my stuffed dog with all the pins signed by Dean!!!!!
AHHH!!!!!!!!!
then I got annoyed with the Governer and her gaurds for not having safety glasses on in the pits or the crater (!?!?!?!) So I gave them all a pair and they shoved them in the bag or pockets!!! whats wrong with that? Im sorry but the guns WONT save you from a shard of metal flying through the air! government officials are just as human as everyone else!!!
was I the only one who noticed this? I got yelled at for doing my job as the safety captian! lol

Anyways, we are thrilled with how the competition went, and cant wait for GVSU!!! way to go Hot team and allies for the amazing win[s]!



EDIT
oh yeah, fun story for the 858 delphi deamons: at the end when we dropped in the finals is from when we went against you and had repeted hits to the front. You bent our bot so out of square that evrything had shifted nearly an inch, screwing our chains up! we could hardly drive! lol. Needless to say, we are ganna fix that... ^^

[Beth Sweet]

So I bugged enough people at Lansing to get a media pass, and took about 300 pictures. I can't promise I got everyone/every team, but there's a whole bunch of them posted on our picture site: http://good-times.webshots.com/album/570612339OelZUY

Some of them are blurry (1918, you have some pretty interesting half blurry half not pictures from your elevator going up and down!) but the color on them is pretty good cuz I was close to the field. And yes, there are a bunch of 1504 and 2617 (our little brother team). But lots total, so lots of everyone.

Thanks to the Mussers, Dave Nolff, and all of the volunteers who worked to make this thing a success. I know a lot of the volunteers had to make things up as they went along, but you all rocked and coped incredibly well. (I think 4 EMS trips and a fire alarm is a new record!)

[Edit] I just realized that you apparently have to be a Webshots friend to save the photos. You can either friend us, or PM me with links to the pictures you want from Webshots, and I'll send you the photo. Sorry!
[Edit 2] I have also posted them in my personal Picasa if you want to download them that way. http://picasaweb.google.com/bethswee...ingDistrict09#

[MattLi]

haha yeah I noticed that too. I was thinking at the time... yeah if she gets hurt from a shard of metal... not good.

[Zach O]

Hahaha, I did hear about the EMS trips, and I loved how the fire alarm had gone off for 2 minuets before the match ended and people finally heard the alarm. Luckily there was no fire.

[nukelear1991]

Originally Posted by dragonrulr288

oh yeah, fun story for the 858 delphi deamons: at the end when we dropped in the finals is from when we went against you and had repeted hits to the front. You bent our bot so out of square that evrything had shifted nearly an inch, screwing our chains up! we could hardly drive! lol. Needless to say, we are ganna fix that... ^^

DUDE!!! we meant to be defensive and get some pinning....but not hits...hopefully we didnt mess the rest of the year up for you...oops.

Good luck rest of the year guys, you were great.

[Wayne TenBrink]

Our alliance was on the receiving end of that last second super-cell from 2767. He let go of it just before time ran out and it seemed to hang in the air for 5 minutes before landing in the trailer - ARGH!! What a shot to win the match!

It was cool that the Governor came to see the event and walk the pits. I didn't notice her lack of safety glasses. After we posed for pictures and she signed our robot, everything went south for us. About 15 minutes later, a camera tripod fell and hit our driver's mother in the head, sending her to the emergency room for a batch of staples (special thanks to the first aid crew!). She was back asap to see her son in action. In our next match, our robot sat motionless thanks to a faulty battery cell. Shortly thereafter, the fire alarm went off and the grandmother of one of our payload specialists wrenched her knee climbing down the bleachers (she was able to make it back to catch the rest of the action, too). Fortunately, things settled down after that.

Speaking of the bad battery cell (a 2009 battery), has anybody else had problems with batteries? I haven't heard anything from other teams, but I was discussing this with a motorcycle mechanic, and he mentioned that they have had a lot of problems with Vietnamese batteries. Unfortunately for us, we originally thought the problem was a bad connection. We tightened them down, "charged" it (or so we thought - according to the light on the charger) and used the same battery in a semi-finals match, where we sat motionless once again - a fatal error. Before going to the West Michigan District, we will have all our batteries load tested.

[pathew100]

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

Speaking of the bad battery cell (a 2009 battery), has anybody else had problems with batteries? I haven't heard anything from other teams, but I was discussing this with a motorcycle mechanic, and he mentioned that they have had a lot of problems with Vietnamese batteries. Unfortunately for us, we originally thought the problem was a bad connection. We tightened them down, "charged" it (or so we thought - according to the light on the charger) and used the same battery in a semi-finals match, where we sat motionless once again - a fatal error. Before going to the West Michigan District, we will have all our batteries load tested.

Yeah, I saw that happen right in front of me (I was one of the refs). When I asked someone they said, "Yeah, they had low voltage on the battery, they said they must have grabbed a partially charged battery".

I immediately thought, "Hmm, could be a bad cell". I've heard/seen it happen with the robot batteries but usually on an older battery. Just think about some of the impacts these batteries see. I'm not sure they were designed for such things...

[brickmaster2]

I was only there for Saturday but that was one great day. I GOT TO MEET PAUL GUDONIS! WOOT!

And to 1918, that really sucks about the battery. I had heard it was a battery issue, but having the battery FAIL is horrible. Hopefully your next event will be calmer. Or at least as calm as these events can get.

[Wayne TenBrink]

Oh, well. The battery failure was only the 2nd match. In the third match we just plain got beat by 1, 245, and 216. Great job guys!

Congratulations to 67, 68, & 858. We were hoping to be your next fodder. To be perfectly honest, we were hoping for a chance to break 67's streak. You guys are formiddable and it is always educational to play with or against you.

Thanks again to 494 & 470.

Hope to see you all at State.

[Enigma's puzzle]

2075 Had a load tester that they offered anyone a chance to use, since you guys (NC Gears) are going to West Michigan it will also be there. we will try and advertise it better.

The #1 one alliance was incredible, i was surprised that 858 slipped that far to get picked by HOT. Congrats To 67, 68, 858 On the victory. Also Congratulations to RUSH for the chairmans award.

A huge thanks to 27 and 70 for inviting us to your alliance, we had an incredible time, good luck with the rest of the season, and hopefully we can work together another time.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

Speaking of the bad battery cell (a 2009 battery), has anybody else had problems with batteries? I haven't heard anything from other teams, but I was discussing this with a motorcycle mechanic, and he mentioned that they have had a lot of problems with Vietnamese batteries. Unfortunately for us, we originally thought the problem was a bad connection. We tightened them down, "charged" it (or so we thought - according to the light on the charger) and used the same battery in a semi-finals match, where we sat motionless once again - a fatal error. Before going to the West Michigan District, we will have all our batteries load tested.

Take a look at this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=69259

[Wayne TenBrink]

Thanks for the link on the battery info. We will keep an eye on this in the future.

This is another benefit (??) of the FiM program and a new experience for Team 1918 -- we actually get to play enough matches that battery life matters!! YESSSS!!!

[Don Wright]

So...standings are in...

http://www.firstinmichigan.org/stati...esults_Overall

Congrats to HOT for wrapping up 1st place in Michigan going into Ypsi... I believe that nobody can pass them (if I'm correct, they were one point from a 100% most points possible perfect season?)...

Absolutely incredible job! I don't think people really understand how amazing of an accomplishment this is...

[GaryVoshol]

ThunderChickens could catch HOT in total points, with another Alliance #1 win and 11 or 12 of qualifying wins. Depends on if they get any award points.