Tigerbolt is back!

Posted by Matt Leese.

Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Tech and Alstom & RIT.

Posted on 12/1/2000 8:12 PM MST

Okay, I can now officially say it: Tigerbolt is back. I’m sorry but I’m just very happy that we finally got a sponsor. All I can say is thank you Alstom. =) Ok, I’m done now.

Matt who is way too happy for his own good

Posted by Raul.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]

Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.

Posted on 12/1/2000 9:55 PM MST

In Reply to: Tigerbolt is back! posted by Matt Leese on 12/1/2000 8:12 PM MST:

I’m so glad to hear that you will be in.

So now kick some butt, will you!
I say that because I remember back in 1996 (our rookie year) at nationals we were in the pits right near Tigerbolt and I was very impressed with the design of that robot. And of course that team won the nationals. I learned a lot that year by watching what that team did and was inspired to work much harder the next year to have a very competitive team/machine.

I guess you can say that Tigerbolt '96 was Wildstang’s first robot/team role model. The rest is history.

Raul

Posted by Mike King.

Other on team #88, TJ², from Bridgewater Raynham and Johnson & Johnson Professional.

Posted on 12/2/2000 4:00 PM MST

In Reply to: Re: Tigerbolt is back! posted by Raul on 12/1/2000 9:55 PM MST:

1996 was our rookie year also, and we were amazed with the simplistic design, that just totally rocked the competition.

Don’t mistake simplistic for simple, or for boring. I believe the had one of the best looking robot’s I’ve seen that year, with the big airbrushed tiger

Posted by Ken Patton.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]

Engineer on team #65, The Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 12/6/2000 3:23 PM MST

In Reply to: Re: Tigerbolt is back! posted by Raul on 12/1/2000 9:55 PM MST:

Our rookie year was 1997, and we used video from 1996 and ‘the Tiger’ as the benchmark to work toward in our rookie design. That was a great machine.

Welcome back Tigerbolt!

Ken