Well it's almost time for competition!! It seems like we just never have a resting point. We have started planning our trip to Kansas City.


Leaving: March 3 @ 7:15 AM
Students need to be at BTC @ 6:30 AM (for packing - subject to change)

We have scheduled a tour for our first day there (our only time that we won't be running around) at the GM Fairfax Assimbly Plant.

GM Fairfax Plant Tour @ 12 noon
3201 Fairfax Trafficway
Kansas City, Kansas, 66115
(913) 573-7000

After the tour we will check into our hotel and start getting things ready for the next day. We will also have some team bonding.

Merriam Hampton Inn and Suites
7400 W. Frontage Rd.
Merriam, Kansas, 66203
(913) 722-0800

Then the regional will start!

Greater Kansas City Regional
Hale Arena
1701 American Royal Ct.
Kansas City, MO, 64102


We will be in Kansas City March 3th through the 6th. During this time, we will be mainly at Hale Arena with the Robot. We will be involved in qualifying matches and scouting. This is an amazing oppertunity for all students because they are able to see all the diffent thought proccess that we could've used during the build season.

March 6th we will be returning to Newton around 11 PM (subject to change).

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Make prints, add code, machine parts, debur, assemble, repeat. Hey, whose job was it to make the bumpers? We should get that done. Type 3rd draft of awards, print, revise, retype, repeat. JON! Work on the Chairman’s Award!!! Code website. Work on programming. Fix the program. We've got keep this operation moving. WHY WON’T IT CONNECT??? Hey, look! It connected! Crud. It broke again. Code. Code. Code the website 'til it’s perfect. Mountain Dew! Mountain Dew! Must have caffeine...WHERE’S ALL THE MOUNTAIN DEW?!?! Woodie Flowers is finished! Finally! Crud. We still need pictures! Search! Search! Alright, we’re done! Crud. The kicker doesn’t work. Why does our kicker keep breaking itself?! Rethink, revise, re-machine. Okay, this REALLY doesn’t work. PLAN B! Oh no. We don’t have a plan B. Son of a biscuit eating monkey on amp! SOMEONE MAKE A PLAN B!!!!!! (Breathe.) Alright. Plan B has been established. Maybe. Remake prints, redo code, re-machine parts, begin deburring and work on assembly. Pray. A LOT.

Now you know what it's really like...
Katelyn Dorrell

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This week has been eventful. We got the chassis assembled and running with the practice electric board. Yeah, that's right, we have mecanum code! The electrical team has learned how to hook up jaguars properly and is planning out a final electrical board. In addition, the bumpers have been started , t-shirts have been ordered, and the website has a working gallery! There are still a couple of bugs to be worked out, but we have recovered well after the hacking. Oh, and I can’t forget the kicker has been assembled and we are just waiting to receive one part for it. This week we should be getting everything on the robot together, so we can practice and work more on awards and paperwork.

Katelyn Dorrell

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