Friday, March 20, 2015

MS TSA State Vex Championships

Well now that I have had time to rest from all the work I would like to announce that we ( Ridgeland High School) are the TSA VEX STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Final practice before MS VEX Championships





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Last day of practice

Today is the last day of practice for all of my VEX teams.  Tomorrow is the start of the VEX state championships.   We are having driver drama, autonomous timing issues, and teenage junk.  I will be posting video and pictures later today after practice.   Wish us luck.

Friday, February 20, 2015

RHS VEX team 7536 almost tournament ready





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VEX team 7536 tournament ready

This is the final version of the robot
  Team 7536 is ready for battle.  We only have a few things for them to finish but we could go in right to a tournament. Only things left are the anti tip bracing and autonomous routines.   More to come

Thursday, February 19, 2015

VEX team 7536 lift fixed





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Today we were trying to solve a problem with the lift swaying on the way up.  In the past few days teh lift would lean really bad to one sire.  I found the problem with lift when 2 team members and I were experimenting.  We noticed one arm lifted aa little easier on one side at a particular point in the lift cycle.  I got in front of the lift and down below it then used the radios to lift.  After watching one arm stick slightly at one point we say that 2 screw heads on the gear were striking the C channel on the lift tower.  It was less than 1/2 mm rub, but it really caused the problem.  So... after about 1.5 hours of tearing down the lift tower and re-spacing things... we have it fixed!  Thanks to Kelvin and Martin for getting in and getting it done!  It took all of us to get it done.  Now to rebuild the conveyor.

Newton Co. 2015 Tournament 00035 Finals match 2 of 3





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