Team 254F

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The Cheesy Poofs
Rookie Year:	2009
Inactive Years:	{{{inactive}}}
Location:	San Jose, CA
School:	Bellarmine College Prep
Approx. size:	0
Team Website:	http://www.team254.com/vrc/history/254f

Contents 1 General Information 2 Team Members 3 Robot Profiles 4 Tournament History 5 Contact Information 6 Links

General Information

Team 254F was founded under different principles than the other 254 VEX teams. Each year, 254F sought to find the most innovative defensive solution to the game challenge, implementing mechanisms which attracted the attention of the audience and other teams alike. Much more than members of other teams, 254F participants valued experimentation over effectiveness.

After two years of outside-the-box concepts (but inside-the-sizing-cube implementations), 254F was discontinued in the 2011 season, its founding members having graduated or been incorporated into other Poof teams. The team will be resurrected when enough members who share the above mission have been found.

For the most part, this is a summarized, textual version of the "official" 254F page. Please refer to the main 254 page for more general team history, sponsors, and links to our other teams.

Team Members

A: Battery
B: Build
C: Coach
D1: Driver 1 (Driver)
D2: Driver 2 (Operator)
IT: Tech Support, including Webmaster
M: Media (Camera)
P: Programming
S: Scouting
Italics denote an honorary member, someone not on the team but whose significant contributions merit recognition.

2009: Elevation

• Kendall Searing, Captain (B, D1)
• Taylor Furtado (B, C, D1)
• John Mueller (B, C, M, P, S)
• Omar Arid (C)

2010: Clean Sweep

• Kendall Searing, Captain (B, D1, M, P)
• Bhargava Manja (B, C, P)
• Gareth Chen (B)
• Omar Arid (B)
• Bobby Tifft (D1)
• Michael Youngdahl (B)
• Matt Shales (B)

Robot Profiles

Data represents configuration at last tournament entered by the robot.  Traditionally, names are only changed for complete revisions.
cap. - an abbreviation for capacity

Shopping Cart '09

• 18 lbs, ~18”×18”×18”, dual cube shooter (San Ramon '09 only), held all the cubes in the field
• 1 potentiometer, 1 bumper switch
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.18 fps
• 2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing
• 2-motor dual tank tread intake, 1:3 gearing
• Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform (multi-directional)

Wall (defensive section) '10

• ~30 lbs, extending/folding 12ft wall
• 2 pneumatic cylinders
• 0-motor, 4-wheel rubber-band drive, top speed undetermined and unreached, 1:36 gearing
• Molded together with Floyd to start within the 18" sizing cube

Floyd (offensive section) '10

• ~10 lbs, medium ball manipulator
• 1 potentiometer
• 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.18 fps
• 2-motor single-joint arm, 1:5 gearing
• 2-motor dual tank tread intake, 3:1 gearing
• Molded together with Wall to start within the 18" sizing cube

Outside the Wall '10

• ~10 lbs, ~18”×18”×18”, conveyor belt, built upon "High Hopes" - a robot never used in competition
• 2 optical shaft encoders
• 4-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.4 fps
• 2-motor lower belt, 1:1 gearing on an 18 tooth sprocket
• 2-motor upper belt, 1:1 gearing on an 18 tooth sprocket
• 2-motor front roller, 1:4 gearing
• Pneumatic gate
• Small and medium ball intake and outtake, large ball outtake

Tournament History

Each tournament is followed by the game year and the robot name.
Each ★ denotes one qualification for that year's World Championships.
Italics denote any awards received at that tournament.

Bellarmine Bay Area '09: Barn of Steel

• Team 254F was the number of Barn of Steel, a 254 failbot entered into this tournament to fill the 18th spot in the 18-team regional. It was built in a day by John Mueller and driven by Taylor Furtado.

Siatech '09: Shopping Cart

• Record: 2-7-0 (Q:2-5-0, E:0-2-0)
• Qual. Seed 15/22
• Alliance 6, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
• -

San Ramon '09: Shopping Cart

• Record: 5-2-1 (Q:4-1-1, E:1-1-0)
• Alliance 3, Captain, Quarterfinalist
• Qual. Seed 4/17
• -

Dallas [World Championship: Science Div.] '09: Shopping Cart

• Record: 1-5-0 (Q:1-5-0, E: - )
• Qual. Seed 124/130
• -
• -

Bellarmine Bay Area '10: Wall and Floyd

• Record: 5-5-0 (Q:4-3-0, E:1-2-0)
• Qual. Seed 11/22
• Alliance 7, Captain, Quarterfinalist
• -

Ceres Central Valley Clean Sweep Tournament '10: Outside the Wall

• Record: 4-4-0 (Q:2-3-0, E:2-1-0)
• Qual. Seed 19/27
• Alliance 4, Pick 2, Finalist
• -

Contact Information

Please send any questions or suggestions to team254F@gmail.com.

Links

Team 254, The Cheesy Poofs

www.team254.com