What is your summer project?

[wk1989]

I always wanted to build airplanes/helicopters.

[Guy Chriqui]

we are working with 188 on a mecanum drive train =p

[KTorak]

1. Honors English reading/essay for Aug 24th.
2. Cleaning up my room and ebaying stuff (like my Gameboy Advance SP).
3. Trying to find a way to sell my desktop and get a laptop.
4. I'd like to find out what happened to our team site as the web masters go to college this fall and its no longer on line...
5. Doing activities with my Fire/Rescue Explorer program.
6. Doing Marching Band Activies
7. Doing whatever else needs doing

[Erin Rapacki]

SUMMER = vacation away from FIRST so I don't burn-out during the build/competition seasons:

- I had my first 20 minute flight ridge soaring a 500ft hill in a hang glider (now that takes skill!)
- swimming/boating with family
- hiking
- remembering a good friend who had lost his life two weeks ago
(life is short, live it well, luckily he did)
- rock climbing
- playing pinball and ski ball at lake beaches that haven't changed since the 50's
- telling my grandpa's wife's friend's son (who's 14) that he should join FIRST and gave him contact info of neighboring teams (he won a K'NEX design contest a few months ago, brilliant kid and really want's to do FIRST)
- appreciating friends
- appreciating family
- appreciating this wonderful life that has been awarded to me and making sure that, if I were to go, I don't regret not having done anything yet.
- Oh yea, taking two courses at NU (its Summester here) in these seven weeks.

I guess what I'm trying to say... its easy to get caught up in doing what will give you success, a high paying job, and a secure future. If you like technology, great, do it, but make sure there's a balance with any other interests you may have. That's what I use my summers for.

Weekend Warrior!!!!

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Mwahaha... summer? Hm... playing DODGEBALL! Get a job... head of a program to teach our team programming. That's about it... and my g/f takes up a ton of my time too... so yeah... summer is almost done and I'll be waiting a year to go to college. Icky!

[Greg Perkins]

well i dont know if i can compete with what erin just said, but heres my projects.....

1. hurry up and get ready to launch "...un named, inc". a joint venture between arefin bari and myself to make available drive trains to first teams that accept AndyMark transmissions, as well as Stock FIRST gearboxes. this may not launch till next summer, but dont give up faith!!

2. as quickly as possible, finish up my billion designs i have for mecanisms. *oh yea, the CVT that nobody has seen before *

3. get my 1965 mustang, and start on that!!


although college starts again soon, i hope to accomplish at least one of these before i go back!

[Billfred]

My project is to get at least ten hours of good music, released under a Creative Commons license, for The Capital Clash, which I'll be DJing for.

Currently, I'm at 39.8 minutes. This'll be a long two weeks.

[John Gutmann]

make my robot one of the elite

[Hutch]

A few people from my team (myself included) may design a crab drive or shifting tank... Otherwise, not too much FIRST related.

[BRAVESaj25bd8]

I myself have nothing FIRST-related planned for this summer. However, one of my friends and teammates is designing probably one of the coolest drive system ideas I have ever heard of. He is trying to make it possible for a robot to switch from crab steering to 2 wheel steering to 4 wheel steering to skid steering just by using something similar to a shifter on a car. Also, he wants to be able to use 2 or 4 wheel drive in skid, 2 wheel, and 4 wheel steering. If he pulls this thing off, I am sure we will want to have it on our robot this coming year. Unless... walking robots, anyone? Anyways, it would be one of the coolest drive systems I have ever seen since there would be 7 different drive and steering combinations one could use. Even if it does not make it onto a robot anytime soon, can you imagine a better training device for drivers to use year after year? I give many kudos to my friend for his awesome idea and dedication.

[Jeff K.]

Built myself a new computer.


Oh and yes, that is CD on the screen, it's just sort of hard to see.

[santosh]

Originally Posted by Cowmankoza

as for the fridge and computer cart, what are you gonna run that thing on, the fridge would drain a robot (or even car battery) way too fast.

I am not to sure exactly all about the lectronics, but they are powering it up with a back up battery.
The fridge actually gets charged up by that and then runs for about 4 hours.

I never thought about seats that could slide out so that we can chill out on it. Do you have a pic of that?

Originally Posted by 663.keith

I am also working on a new cart for our robot, with seats that fold out so our team can relax while queuing . I am also working on a control box that can be integrated into the cart, so that doesn't take up space in our pit.

How ar you doing that? Could you email me a drawing of the seats folding out and the controls integration?
My email is therealsantosh@gmail.com I understand if you don't want to, but if you don't mind could you please show me some pictures of it?

[mechanicalbrain]

i thought about mounting a PC on one so you can make program changes and run tests easily.

[Joe Matt]

I'm reading. Got "iCon", the Steve Jobs biography, done, now I have to work on "Urban Injustice" for college and I'm going to start to read "The Partly Cloudy Patriot" and "Assasination Vacation" by Sarah Vowell soon.

[K.Shaw]

lets see project numero uno is learn Solidworks better

and project numero dos is to possibly build a ride-able hovercraft with TedB237