Kalani Falcons 2011 Build Season

FRC Team 3008

2011 FRC Kickoff

McKinley High School hosted a kickoff event for all the teams on Oahu.

After the broadcast video. The auditorium held all the teams.

The team receives the kit of parts at the 2011 kickoff event at McKinley High School.

Students and mentors check the parts boxes.

Getting ready to go to the Kalani Falcons lab on the Kalani High School campus.

Iolani Game Simulation

Iolani High School hosted a game simulation and analysis session on Sunday, the 16^th of January, attended by Farrington High School, Sacred Heart High School School, and Kalani High School.

The team works on a strategy questionaire prepared by the Iolani team.

Questionaire work continues.

Human box-bots play the simulation.

Week Two of 2011 Build

In week two the robot starts coming together.

Looking into the shop through the main roll-up door.

Inside the shop.

Looking out over the swimming pool toward the Kahala Hilton Hotel.

Eric poses with the trophy case.

The control electronics board comes together.

The linear lift is coming together.

Nicola with the mini-bot FTC parts.

Week Three of 2011 Build

In week three the robot continues coming together.

Students in the shop.

Wheels on the table.

The revised frame.

Week Five of 2011 Build

The team has a running robot in week five.

The robot on a cart with control console on a table.

Getting ready to take the robot outside for a test run.

The team are proud of their accomplishment. Lots of work remains before shipping in 10 days.

Hawaii Regional Preparations

The team completed the practice robot, worked on autonomy software, and the Chairman's Award video in the week leading up to the Hawaii Regional FRC.

Students gather around the practice robot.

Work is still required on several subsystems.

The outreach team prepares for fundraising.

Lead mentor Bryan Silver gives pointers to the outreach team.

Here is a quickie video I made from two clips that were recorded to go into the Chairman's Award video:

A Windows media file (KalaniRegional01.wmv), so you may need
to get a plugin if you are not using MSIE and this is the first
time you have played such a movie file.

Here are the raw videos for downloading:

Email: Richard dot J dot Wagner at gmail dot com