As we begin Week 2 of build season here at PhyXTGears, everyone kicks things into high gear. The animation team, whose current focus this month was 2016 Safety Animation. Everyone worked tirelessly. Here’s the final product. The machine room has been buzzing tonight. Chris has been working on building the shooting mechanism for the boulders in …
Once each division had a victor, we packed up our pit and got a good seat for the finals. For these last eight alliances, they tore down all but two fields and called them Einstein. Never have I seen a more intense set of FIRST game played. These were the best eight alliances on the …
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I will never forget my first time stepping onto Newton Field. I was our driver and was purely humbled by being able to be here and get to drive at St. Louis. Stepping onto the field was especially significant for me. This year, because we assumed each competition we attended would be our last, I …
The competition was held in the Edward Jones Dome, home of the Rams, with the pits in the America’s Center. Our first challenge was offloading all of our tools and getting inside to set up our pit. Just like at every smaller competition, each team would get a 10 by 10 by 10 foot cube …
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Wow! What a season! We are beyond thrilled with the results our team has had this year. We’ve won several awards: the Excellence in Engineering Award, the Creativity Award, and our animation team won a Creativity Award for their recent project! Way to go! Our video team made a recap video of our district events. …