Favorite Posts of 2020

[mdurrani834]

In 2020, we saw a lot of good quarantine content, where we got to see teams come together and make things happen even in the middle of the pandemic. Along with that, we also a lot of fiery conversations regarding the political climate, coronavirus, and more making it a really interesting year. With all of that:

What was your favorite post of 2020?

It can be a comment or a whole post, really whatever you want. If you can’t just pick one, pick as many as you want, I just want to see what people appreciated on Chief Delphi this year. Finally, try to keep things relatively positive in the posts you choose, don’t try to demean anyone or attack them as we did see a lot of that last year as well.

[Rlop]

My personal favorite post was The Cattunist Meownifesto

[jackoleary]

RFID - Is it a GOOD idea or a BAD idea

As a small team in FRC we can not really field a full scouting group for events. I am sure we are not the only team that has this problem. We need to be able to track indivdual teams some how; SO wouldn’t RFID be the way to help us do that? I know that large teams, can field enough kids to gather this data, and they have very effective scouting. They say come on over we will help you, but that does not work out when they end up on another team in finals. Typically what happens is we…

and

Reducing Luck in FRC Competitions

Nope you totally do not understand the question. Surely you analyze your teams chances of winning each qualification match? SO my question to you and your team is “do you care” if you have a qulification teams your are assigned to that can not win against the opposing team more than 50 percent of the matches?

[jago21]

Cool Robot Parts

In the spirit of the Artsy Robot Photos thread, let’s start a thread of cool custom robot parts. They can be cool because of elegant engineering, artistic design, fancy machining, etc. Photo quality or artistry doesn’t matter, just the coolness of your parts. If it isn’t obvious, try to include a short description of the part so we know what we’re looking at.

[mdurrani834]

If I had to pick one, it would probably also be this one too.

[hamac2003]

Introducing: The Falcon 500, Powered by Talon FX

VEX Robotics and Cross the Road Electronics are extremely excited to announce our next collaborative project, the Falcon 500 Brushless Motor, powered by Talon FX. [image] Designed to raise the bar in motor and motor controller performance, the Falcon 500 reduces size, weight, and common failure points of other motors in the FRC market, while providing more power and efficiency. Key Features include: 400W of Power @ 40A / 12V 87% at peak effi…

Hands down, the most exiting day of my 2020 season. (Seeing as how we didn’t get to compete and all…)

[petercooperjr]

I’m not sure if this is what you’re looking for, but this post:

The Best Fail of 2020?

5871 auto accidentally launches a Power Cell directly into the Field Fault button in Utah.

The video embedded in it doesn’t seem to load in my browser anymore, so here’s a link to Twitch directly in case that works better:

(Let me know if that still doesn’t work and I’ll find a place to upload the copy on my hard drive. I still watch this video every month or two, since I just get such a kick out of it.)

[21brownz]

tootin’ my own horn a little bit here, but I thought I did a pretty good job leaking our new drivetrain