Posted by Jeremy M. Husic, Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Ponitac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
Posted on 2/24/99 10:30 PM MST
The Chief Delphi robot drive team has arrived in Chicago
safe and sound. We look forward to the competition.
Good luck to all the teams!!!
Posted by Dan, Student on team #10, BSM, from Benilde-St. Margaret’s and Banner Engineering.
Posted on 2/25/99 8:21 AM MST
In Reply to: Chief Delphi Arrives in Chicago! posted by Jeremy M. Husic on 2/24/99 10:30 PM MST:
Come on now . .can’t you give us a little more than that? You can’t just torture us like that.
:-Dan
: The Chief Delphi robot drive team has arrived in Chicago
: safe and sound. We look forward to the competition.
: Good luck to all the teams!!!
Posted by Michael Martus, Coach on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central H.S. and Delphi Automotives Systems.
Posted on 2/28/99 6:09 PM MST
In Reply to: Please . . elaborate posted by Dan on 2/25/99 8:21 AM MST:
Snow, ice and general bad weather was the problem.
The Chief did well. Many mechanical bugs were eliminated but kept coming back.
We fought hard and kept the Chief on the court.
We placed 26 out of 33 teams in the qualifier of 10 matches.
We were very fortunate to be chosen by a great team that had confidence in
our ability to keep the Chief in operation.
Team 269 Bru-Quest you are the greatest.
We won the quarter finals, two straight wins, and replayed the last match due to an r-net prob.
We moved on to the semi-finals. Lost two matches, our machine was being held together by tie-wraps.
The nice new fiberglass body was smashed, we fried a motor but we played on to the end.
Our alliance partner was 7th seed and did a super, super effort. You would not think they were a rookie team.
The Chief will be better soon. See you all in Philly.