25-04-2010, 11:24
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AKA: Pinecone
 FRC #0228 (GUS Robotics); FRC #2170 (Titanium Tomahawks) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Glastonbury, CT
Posts: 7,601
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Re: What to do in the off-season
When I was a student on 1714, I calculated that we averaged one demonstration per week. I would not recommend this. 
Some things that you can do in the offseason: - Learn CAD. It can't hurt, at all, and with a whole summer to play with it, you'll learn a thing or two.
- Design or build a robot for the VRC. Even if you never have a physical robot, and even if you never compete, getting practice analyzing a game is always a good thing.
Some things a team can do in the offseason: - Break into VRC teams. Having two or three of these is probably the best way to train new members in robotics, ever.
- Work on an offseason project. Saw an awesome swerve drive this year? Try and make your own, learn some lessons from it. Challenge yourself.
- Get some new sponsors. I'm personally really envious of 148 and 217's support from IFI, so I'll be hitting up every sheet metal manufacturing facility in the area to get some parts of my own.
- Demo and fundraise! Demonstrations help spread the message of FIRST, and fundraisers can do that while you simeltaneously make some money for yourself.
- Attend offseasons. By far the best value in FIRST. Shaker right now is planning on 5 off seasons.
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