Posted by Jimmy Holmes at 2/16/2001 10:54 PM EST
Coach on team #27, Team RUSH, from Osmtech Academy and Textron.
At first when I read all the posts from awhile ago about breaking hubs I thought, (Hmmmm…we are not having problems, must be bad alignment,overtightened bolts, something along those lines) We were driving a light chassis…add a little more weight, same boat. Six wheels, lots of hubs, you get the picture. Few more days and lots of fixing.
GL All,
Jimmy Holmes/Team#27
Posted by Mark Pierce at 03/09/2001 8:48 PM EST
Other on team #288, RoboDAWGS, from Grandville High School and X-Rite, Delphi, and others.
In Reply to: Western Michigan Regional UPDATE!
Posted by bill whitley on 03/09/2001 7:24 PM EST:
Thanks for giving an update.
I didn’t see a lot of the matches, but I can tell you that everyone is enjoying themselves. The FIRST Crew and all of the volunteers are doing great!
There were some broken goals which were fixed quickly, and times when the bridge jumped off the 4X6, which is something I hadn’t heard of from other regionals.
I don’t have all the awards but among the winners were the RoboDAWGS - 288 The Motorola Quality Award. Zeelands Bob - 85 got the Judges award, in part for their using parts of last years robot in a mobile platform for a disabled classmate. WildStang - 111 had a design award, as did the Huskie Brigade - 65 their robot was described very nicely even if they did use the word “cute”. Sorry I don’t know which got which. The TechnoKats - 45 got the Leadership in Control Award for their balancing control using the Gyro chip. The Killer bees got an award also, sorry neither of us remember what, possibly Team Spirit?
All of the Rookies are impressive. I’m glad I didn’t have to be involved in picking G-Force - 535 for rookie team.
I sincerely appologize for missing groups or getting things mixed up. The main point is that there are some top notch teams and students here.
I’ll have more notes, and hopefully more details after tommorrow.
Posted by Eric Gargus at 2/18/2001 3:44 PM EST
Student on team #217, Royal Fusion, from Armada High Schools and Ford Motor Company.
In Reply to: Re: Breaking news…Hubs
Posted by Alan Federman on 2/18/2001 1:17 AM EST:
We found the plastic shattered/melted if you used lock tight on the bolts. Did anyone else notice this litle problem?
Eric Gargus
Team 217
TEAM Macomb Royal Fusion
: We haven’t had any problems - four wheel drive - 110lbs
: but I know a lot of people have - just in case we will
: have a spare set machined out of aluminum as a back up.
: IMHO the alstic used by small parts is too brittle - but not using the proper spacing, to large wheels, over tightening all may cause these failures - the cracks I saw on one teams robot were all near the bolt holes.
Posted by Eric Reed at 2/18/2001 10:08 PM EST
Coach on team #481, NASA Ames / De Anza High School, from De Anza High School and It could be you!.
In Reply to: Re: Breaking news…Hubs
Posted by Eric Gargus on 2/18/2001 3:44 PM EST:
: We found the plastic shattered/melted if you used lock tight on the bolts. Did anyone else notice this litle problem?
: Eric Gargus
: Team 217
: TEAM Macomb Royal Fusion
Yup. It looks really cool, once you get over your panic and fury. Just seems to crack and melt away.
Eric
481