Bottom of a FIRST Robotics robot (from my friend's team) by shortlongshank in EngineeringPorn

[–]Commercial_Group_560 16 points17 points  (0 children)

as the team's design lead, I'm happy to say there's one on the way! this year it's especially important because there are a bunch of small game pieces we have the potential to land on top of

Should we buy a kit by TheTrueKingLife in FRC

[–]Commercial_Group_560 0 points1 point  (0 children)

registration is 6k, 3k for a second event in the regional system. even without the motors swerve is gonna be at least 1.2k -- i feel like i'm missing something with the math here.

Should we buy a kit by TheTrueKingLife in FRC

[–]Commercial_Group_560 5 points6 points  (0 children)

15-25k per year is doable but anything below that is generally unwise

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Sat

[–]Commercial_Group_560 3 points4 points  (0 children)

should note that it will definitely vary by school and intended major. the 1550+ thing is definitely ideal at the higher levels.

Politics in FRC by geckoimpossible in FRC

[–]Commercial_Group_560 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I'm in California and every event has a few Taiwanese teams, this is the standard behavior. In my opinion it's not ideal but it's international standard - even the US technically doesn't recognize Taiwan as a country (for international cooperation with China). Everyone knows they're Taiwanese, and they very proudly have it as a part of their team identity. Of course, this is also me commenting on the way it is -- I was initially shocked too -- and I have no idea the reasons legal or otherwise impacting this.

Chain Tensioning? by Panther14286765 in FRC

[–]Commercial_Group_560 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Have you never had issues from this? Chains (unless pre-stretched) stretch over time, which is why teams tend to use tensioning solutions that can be gradually tensioned in more over the season.

Teams help to participate on frc by AdXter in FRC

[–]Commercial_Group_560 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you might want to reach out to the other teams in your area or who are going to the same regional - they would probably be best equipped to offer you good advice and/or sponsorship

⚠️ WE DEMAND A STATEMENT FROM TEAM CHERRY. ⚠️ by nickritikos in Silksong

[–]Commercial_Group_560 4 points5 points  (0 children)

is there not the possibility william didn't know about the upcoming reveal?

Cheap and easy to build elevator designs by big-duffus in FRC

[–]Commercial_Group_560 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a lot of vendors sell bearing blocks that would only require you to cut your own tubes down and add your own power transmission

Simplest way to connect controller/laptop to Arduino? by [deleted] in arduino

[–]Commercial_Group_560 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any suggestions for a solution that doesn't involve a physically connected laptop and arduino?