2010 Midwest Regional

[Jared Russell]

So, did 71 uncrate 469 Part Deux?

[Chris is me]

Any info on 71 as soon as possible would be appreciated. I bet they figured out how to legally divert both towers

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Any info on 71 as soon as possible would be appreciated. I bet they figured out how to legally divert both towers

While hanging.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by Jared341

While hanging.

And not breaking the 84" cylinder rule, despite the towers being more than 10 feet apart.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

And not breaking the 84" cylinder rule, despite the towers being more than 10 feet apart.

Easy -- it's one massive ball sucker.

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by Jared341

So, did 71 uncrate 469 Part Deux?

Ball redirector is what I envisioned them building when I was in WWBB (What Would Beatty Build?) part of my design process. As amazing as 469 is, there are some minor improvement that can be made to that strategy.

Originally Posted by Chris is me

And not breaking the 84" cylinder rule, despite the towers being more than 10 feet apart.

Simple just create a huge wind tunnel

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

Simple just create a huge wind tunnel

Or grab both towers and bend them together until they are less than 84" apart.

[Heretic121]

any updates from the arena on the field problems and the big namers unveiling?

[XaulZan11]

Nope, 71 is not another 469 type robot. Instead they have a 4 wheel crab, side rollers ball magnet (I think) and a super effective lifter (kinda like 2753). Should be another good year for The Beast.

Other than the normal teams doing well, 2949 was impressive. They have a suction similar to 111 and a solid kicker that is accurate from the middle zone.

The most impressive team, I thought was 16.

As epected, there are a lot of elite teams but then a lot of teams that will be still working to get their robot to work right until pits closing.

There were not too many field errors until the end when alot of the teams were just going to test their connection, even if they were not ready to practice. It leads me to believe that most of the errors were on the teams, not the field.

[robself705]

I think you must have missed the wormhole generator they have hiding in there, that way they can manipulate the balls without anyone knowing. They don't even need a human trident holder, their robot does it all with max efficiency. All of this is done, of course with one 18.5 Ah battery.

[Chris27]

Match 18 should be interesting.

[cam-man]

The Divine Trinity...

[Katie_UPS]

Where can I find match listings?

[Jimmy Cao]

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

Where can I find match listings?

http://www2.usfirst.org/2010comp/eve...edulequal.html

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Chris27

Match 18 should be interesting.

If I'm really lucky I'll get 3G coverage in the Bradley Center and be able to watch it on my phone.