Electronics
Weapon Type
Vocab
True/False
Fun Questions about the Team
100

This device regulates the speed of the motor

What is an ESC

100

Undercutters belong to this weapon type

what are Horizontal spinners

100

This is an In runner motor

What is a motor that’s outside shell does not spin

100

Drive can only be direct or indirect?

What is True

100

This member had to get 7 stitches on their thumb from a 3D printing accident

who is Cas - be careful!

200

This is how you calculate the capacity of a battery? [hint: Ah]

What is Current * Time

200

This weapon has the highest gyro?

what are Vertical Spinners

200

This is Gyroscopic motion

What is an object changing its orientation to conserve angular momentum, can affect the robots' turning ability

200

We can only test weapons (both Kinetic and Sportsman) in the Testbox/Minibox?

False, Kinetic weapons have to be tested in testbox, but you can test lifters and other Sportsman weapons outside of testbox

200

This member once broke their arm over an XT60 connector

who is James

300

This is what you look at if you want to find out how fast a battery charges

What is it's C-Rating

300

This weapon focuses on control?

what is a Lifter/flipper

300

These are Uprights:

What is a structural component that can hold together the billet, weapon, drive train, etc.

300

Gearing up means that you make the other thing spin faster

What is True

300

This person has driven 3 CRC members to the hospital in the last year

who is Alex, she's been at the hospital for 5 separate people in the last year

400

This is battle hardening, and what is its purpose?

What is Putting resin in between the magnets on a motor to prevent damage due to vibrations

400

this weapon can be countered by tape? [hint: this weapon is shrugged off by most frames, but devastates electronics]

what is Flame

400

This is a BEC and its function

What is a Battery Elimination Circuit: A circuit that independently powers the receiver at a specified much lower voltage than the battery

400

Current, measured in amps, can be pushed through the circuit by a battery

What is False

400

This member is a published author

who is Spencer

500

These are the 5 types of motors that we usually use

What are Brushed Inrunner, Brushed Outrunner, Brushless Inrunner, Brushless Outrunner and Servo

500

This weapon is a low kinetic energy and high kinetic energy weapon

what is a Hammersaw

500

KV indicates

What is generally a metric of speed and torque. A high KV generally indicates high speed, low torque. [hint: RPM/V]

500

Every bot MUST be made from a billet and uprights

What is False, you can make a bot however you want!

500

This subteam has had the fire department called on them

what is Sportsman

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