Blog
526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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PR & Marketing Update
Chairman’s Award We are writing prompts at a rate of one per week. We will be done with all the written portion by the end of December if we continue at this rate. We are starting an outline for the video and a story board will be completed in the next few weeks. Archiving Efforts have already […]
2011 FRC Build Season
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VEX Update
In light of their upcoming All-Stars tournament in Orlando, 254A has remodeled their robot, moving away from trying to hang, towards becoming a good scoring and descoring robot. 254B, C, D, E, H, and S are all getting ready for their upcoming tournaments at Fairfield and San Ramon: 254B has been…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Archiving Update
For the week of November 1 to November 7, archiving had its first meeting. The meeting Thursday after school had 7 students who showed interest in helping in archiving. I recieved the 2009 and 2010 rosters from Mr. Janke, so on Friday in the lab after the first workshop, the archiving team began…
2011 FRC Build Season
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This Week in FRC: More Workshops
On Friday, numerous Cheesy Poofs met for our second week of the 2010 FRC workshops. We had a huge turnout of people from 254 and 1868. All three workshops went great. Next Friday will mark the start of our 3-week long CAD Seminar, where we will be working in groups to learn CAD skills while […]
2011 FRC Build Season
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Animation Storyboard
Last week we worked on coordinating the script and storyboard. We have started working on the first scenes of the animation and most of the models are finished.
2011 FRC Build Season
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VEX Programming Session
Last week, October 26th was our first VEX Programming Session. If anyone hasn’t had the chance to write a sample program or to look at sample code, please do that so that we can move on in the sessions! If you haven’t downloaded the trial for Robot C, follow the link and start programming…
2011 FRC Build Season
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VEX Tournament: Tracy
Teams 254 A and 254 E are ready to take on the Tracy regional. 254 D is another potential Cheesy Poof team that would want to attend, but is awaiting confirmation from the Tracy director for an extra slot. 254 B, C, H, and S have opted out of the regional in order to get extra […]
2011 FRC Build Season
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San Jose Sharks Street Rally
Team 254’s T-Shirt Cannon made an appearance in San Jose today at a Street Rally for the San Jose Sharks, a professional hockey team. The Sharks play their first home game today against the Atlanta Thrashers and celebrated the occasion with a pre-game street rally. The rally was a ton of fun and…
Shockwave Build
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Technical Specifications
Features: Ten Barrel Revolver/Gatling Action Automatic Barrel Indexing Motorized Adjustable Pitch – Horizontal to +60 degrees Adjustable Range Control Via Electronic Solenoid Valve Six-Wheel Drive, Off-Road Capable Chassis Wireless Control Capable of launching 3+ T-Shirts per second Also Capable of…
Shockwave Build
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About Shockwave
In Summer 2010, Team 254 decided to build a T-Shirt Shooting Robot to be used for promotional events. After two months of hard work, our robot debuted at a spirit rally at our school, Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. The robot was received very well and was loved by the students at the rally.…
Shockwave Build
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Bellarmine Spirit Rally
The T-Shirt Cannon made its debut tonight at the Bellarmine Spirit Rally. Set before the school’s football game against its rival, St. Francis of Mountain View, the rally aims to boost school spirit and morale before the game. The T-Shirt Cannon came out in the middle of the rally and shot 30…
Shockwave Build
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Robot Complete
After more than two months of hard work, Team 254’s T-Shirt Cannon is complete. Today, we recieved the parts neccesary for us to fill our high-pressure SCUBA tank. After filling the tank, we tested the robot extensively to determine how many shots could be taken on a single air fill. On one air…
Shockwave Build