Week 7 - Testing and Tuning

Full size practice field to test and tune our contraptions.
Not pictured: our robot...

Week 7 was filled with many hours in the shop and troubleshooting at the practice field. You may ask, are we caught up now? Absolutely not. Are we terrified? Yep! Our schedule may be challenging, but it’s half the fun. However, it’s not so fun when you're at the practice field, and you're trying to fix issues with the gyroscope (also known as the Pigeon) instead of running cycles. Anyways, spread your wings and let's soar through Week 7!

Week 6 - Assembly (v2 Less Snow, More Problems)

It was going to be a challenge getting into Week 6 without posting
a properly spoiler image so I won't even try to bury the lede.

During Week 6 we were able to make up one of our missed days from Week 5. Did we catch up on all of our work? <Snape voice> Not hardly. With two weeks until our first competition we still have a few planned items to work on, though this week we've also discovered a few unplanned items. So grab your board and let's skate through Week 6!

Week 5 - Assembly (v1 Snow Problem!)

A flurry of parts!
As we disassemble an old prototype...

Week 5 should have been a whirlwind of parts, prints, bolts, and more - but instead the whirling wind cast snow down upon our region, and we lost half of our shop days for the week. Needless to say, we did not catch-up our Week 4 goals, nor did we meet our Week 5 goals. It's fortunately warm inside, but it's cold outside - so grab some heavy mittens and let's brush off Week 5.

Week 4 - Manufacturing

Everyone hard at work, chasing the Week 4 goals.

Cold has turned into wet and cold here in the PNW. Fortunately the shop is nice and warm! With the conclusion of week 4, we are halfway through our build season - 4 weeks from now, we will be a competition. Let's unearth our Week 4 - grab your shovel and let's dig in!