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Exactly what it says...
"Complements of Team 45 Technokats."
I found this in my buddy Pincus's room.
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22-07-2008 21:07
TheOtherGuy
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1.21 jiggawatts!?
heh, I guess you have the compact model...
http://www.project1726.org/forums3/d...=115&mode=view
we hid one on our robot this year, but it's a little larger 
22-07-2008 21:49
Arthur S
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omg dude are u sure the robots battery can power that??
22-07-2008 23:22
cooker52
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No, they'll have to use plutonium before the matches
22-07-2008 23:28
Lions for First
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i think there is a rule that you cant use plutonium but i may be wrong off to read the rules
22-07-2008 23:31
cooker52
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if you run a cable from the plutonium in the truck to your pit, it might work
they would never know the difference
22-07-2008 23:37
Lions for First
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Except that Geiger counters would be going crazy thats a bit of a give away
22-07-2008 23:40
cooker52
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isn't that what the three foot thick wall of lead is for?
23-07-2008 09:42
tseres
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now i can go forward in time, see who wins the match and how, and re-play the match accordingly 
23-07-2008 10:39
JudyVandy
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Duckie was supposed to get me a couple of those!!! Jersey keeps asking for them, right Mike?
23-07-2008 10:43
tennispro9911
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I don't think plutonium is explicitly made illegal in the rules ... Of course there is some general rule that goes, don't use things that can kill everyone at the competition. 
23-07-2008 10:58
Doctorwho
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Wouldn't the refs get mad at you for leaving flames behind your robot when it hits 88 feet per second?
23-07-2008 12:14
Roger
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According to the 2008 Parts Use Flowchart, it probably can't be used.
| Is the part a safety hazard, or likely to damage robots, the field, game pieces, or interfere with the humans or the controls? |
| Energy Sources? Is the part an energy source...? |
Doctorwho: More like "field damage" -- refs wouldn't get mad, but you'd get DQ'd! But more realistically (once you build the flux capacitor
), how are you going to hit 88 feet per second when an empty field is a little over 60-feet on the diagonal?Think Geek has a replica available, and the obligatory sign.
23-07-2008 13:16
Al Skierkiewicz
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I like Roger's analysis above but we should also consider that GP pushes us away from items that are not available to all teams. That is unless the provider is willing to deal with all teams.
23-07-2008 14:05
Michael Hill
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Wait a second....I remember when that got started at the Boilermaker Regional. Someone asked for a flux capacitor over the intercom. Someone else and I found a broken pneumatic cylinder, threw some tubing on it (maybe some electronics) and called it a flux capacitor and gave it to the team. I can't remember for the life of me which team that was.
23-07-2008 14:24
Andy Baker
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Originally Posted by Michael Hill
Wait a second....I remember when that got started at the Boilermaker Regional. Someone asked for a flux capacitor over the intercom. Someone else and I found a broken pneumatic cylinder, threw some tubing on it (maybe some electronics) and called it a flux capacitor and gave it to the team. I can't remember for the life of me which team that was.
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... and no, we are not gonna start selling these.
AB
23-07-2008 14:27
Elgin Clock
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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
... and no, we are not gonna start selling these.
AB |
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/9fc6/
I'm saving up to get one. lol
23-07-2008 20:59
MDiff
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well... forget the plutonium
we'll just get a lightning bolt to strike for the 1.21 Jiggawatts!
23-07-2008 22:31
Matt_Kaplan1902
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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
I remember you guys doing this, but I thought it was at the 2004 Midwest Regional. Are you sure it was at Boilermaker?
... and no, we are not gonna start selling these. AB |
23-07-2008 23:44
techtiger1
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:stands up to the Mic at Mayhem event: Ahem ! ahem! Team 108 is giving away free flux capacitiors if you would like one to fry those old rcs please come visit the pit admin and remember folks saftey glasses are not forehead protectors please keep them on your eyes. Thank you! :steps off podium: 
I remember I was there in Neils room chilling with you guys when Arefin found this, I think it sparked a 30 min coversation.
-Drew
24-07-2008 12:11
Moheeb698
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LOL! (isnt that just a pnuematic piston?)
At the Vegas regionals some team went up to pit admin and asked for a "Reverse Flux Capacitor" on the PA system. XD
Our team is planning to build one a flux capacitor for our robot (provided we have the weight left over to add it on) based off this instructable http://www.instructables.com/id/Flux-Capacitor/
17-11-2008 19:50
germanystudent
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skip the bot man, put that thing in a Delorian!
17-11-2008 20:20
AndyH
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See at the Olkahoma City Regional 2008.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...highlight=1098
17-11-2008 20:46
gorrilla
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Originally Posted by Roger
According to the 2008 Parts Use Flowchart, it probably can't be used.
And... Both of those YES answers end up being not allowed. (Did you notice all the YES answers in the flowchart end up being NO conclusions? Sounds like life, doesn't it?) The rules also mention not allowing gerbils, but nothing about hampsters. There might be some wiggle room going down the "Electronics" branch, if you can get by the "safety hazard" above it. By the way, usfirst.org is already set up for the 2009 FRC Competition Manual! Doctorwho: More like "field damage" -- refs wouldn't get mad, but you'd get DQ'd! But more realistically (once you build the flux capacitor ), how are you going to hit 88 feet per second when an empty field is a little over 60-feet on the diagonal?Think Geek has a replica available, and the obligatory sign. |
hes going to have to route power through the clock tower to get extra boost
17-11-2008 21:11
ComradeNikolai
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Originally Posted by gorrilla
hes going to have to route power through the clock tower to get extra boost
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17-11-2008 21:45
gorrilla
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Originally Posted by ComradeNikolai
I'm not sure that'll be legal this year.
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i hope so, that way i wont have to change batteries
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