3 Questions!!! (2/3/04)

FIRST General Forum
#1

Hi all, here are today’s 3 Questions…

  1. What was the point value for capturing the tennis ball raised up over the center of the field in Maize Craze?

  2. What was the weight limit for a robot in Ramp n’ Roll?

  3. What type of batteries were used to power robots in 1996? (looking for the name of the company who makes the battery, as well as the type)

Good Luck!

#2

  1. 1 point

  2. 70 lbs

  3. Milwaukee drill batteries

Edit misread question 1, can I change to 25?

#3

  1. 25 pts.

  2. 70 lbs.

  3. No clue

#4
  1. 25 points
  2. 70 pounds
  3. Milwaukee cordless drill batteries (2 of em) - the charging stations in the pits were a sight to see. (FIRST took care of charging the batteries, meaning there was a very long table with hundreds of red Milwaukee chargers all in a row).
#5

1: 25 points

2: 70 lbs

3: Skil Cordless drill battery pack - Part No. HD92831 We still have some laying around.

On second thought, these were probably from 1997.

#6
  1. 10 points
  2. 70 pounds
  3. Milwaukee cordless drill batteries
#7

1.) 25 points

2.) 70 #

3.) milwakee drill batterys - The red ones

#8
  1. 25 pts.
  2. 70 lbs.
  3. Two 12 volt Milwaukee Drill batteries
#9
  1. 10 points
  2. 70 pounds
  3. Milwaukee cordless drill batteries
#10
  1. 25 points for the one in the center and two in the corners. 10 points each for another two in the other corners up on posts.
  2. 70 pounds
  3. Milwaukee’s
#11
  1. 25 points
  2. 70 pounds
  3. Milwaukee cordless drill batteries
#12

2 Bonus points to the first person to tell me what the Battery contraversy was in 1996.

#13

This was one of the years when FIRST was responsible for charging batteries for all the teams. I think they ended up with a huge backlog, leaving certain teams without batteries for matches.

#14

Close but not quite!

#15

People were being given uncharged batteries cause FIRST couldn’t charge them fast enough…

I also recall a team who was using double the batteries on their robot… and no one at FIRST noticed during inspection or anything…

#16

Today’s answers…

  1. 25 Points

  2. 70 lbs

  3. Milwaukee Cordless Drill Batteries

The contraversy was over those silly Grey tabbed batteries. Some teams were using them instead of the black tabbed batteries…it was found that the Grey tabbed batteries had more of an advantage to them.

Top 10 Standings!!!

  1. Joe Ross - 82
  2. Raul - 76
  3. Colleen T190 - 75
  4. Karthik - 63
  5. Andy Baker - 41
  6. Sigmakid108 - 35
  7. Dave Flowerday - 33
  8. lilszek24 - 27
  9. Tom - 22
  10. JVN - 20

Keep it up guys!

#17

There were similar batteries with a grey logo which were almost twice the power of the standard milwakees. Some teams snuck them in during matches.

#18