5th Edition 30/June/2019 Volume 7: 2018-2019 Season

The Gearheads
Gazette FRC Team 1189 // EST. 2002

The 3rd Annual

Design Challenge Goes
Off With A Splash
WRITTEN BY MAVERICK M
PHOTO TAKEN BY MAVERICK M
On June 4th 2019, we This year, we had 4
hosted our 3rd teams consisting of 1
annual in shop Design student and 2
Challenge. Each year, Gearheads. These
during the summer, teams had 3 hours to
The Gearheads Design design some kind of
Challenge invites vessel that could
elementary and navigate through a
middle school water track faster than
students to use the other teams, all
creative problem made with in-shop
solving skills and materials. These
teamwork to design materials consisted of
a contraption for a materials like
game designed by the styrofoam blocks,
Gearhead’s students popsicle sticks, and
themselves. With each straws. As soon as the Liam uses an air compressor to race his boat across the track.
year that goes by, we time started, the kids pneumatic air robotics within the We believe that we
are able to learn how took off, gathering compressor. The young students and were able to inspire
to make our materials and designs were all very provide a fun these students to
challenges more fun, brainstorming their creative and clever, experience for them attend other STEAM
exciting, and engaging ideas. Groups had to and the groups had a to participate in. For events, participate in
for our participants. consider several lot of fun being able to our future Design more robotics and
Our first year, the variables in their collaborate with each Challenge events, we design based
challenge was making designs, such as other in order to want to continue to activities, and maybe
a catapult. Last year buoyancy, speed, and compete in a fun and make our games more even join a FIRST
had children method of propulsion. exhilarating game. exciting and creative team in the future.
designing a self driven Some solutions we Our goal for our for the participants They may be still too
car. This year was our saw were sails, design challenges is while keeping our young for FRC, but
best game yet: Boat manually blowing, to spark an interest emphasis on fun, in our eyes, they’re all
Racing! and even the use of a in FIRST, design, and improvised designs. Gearheads!
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We’ve Got it Made in Ideas such as coats,

the Shade this Summer

hoodies, and classic
blankets are currently
being considered.
COMING UP
WRITTEN BY AMELIA A Some divisions of the Cans for CAD
SKETCHES BY ALEXA R team have agendas Sunday, July 7th
With finals Detroit Dog Rescue of their own for the
tackled and about (DDR). Howie was summer. Game We are returning bottles and cans from
three months of no brought onto the Strategy is working our community to fund upcoming
school, no homework competitive field in with Controls to expansions to our Computer Aided
and no worries, we 2014 for FRC’s Aerial develop an Design (CAD) department.
still spend about six Assist, and we plan to automated analysis
hours a week in the
shop. Certain
restore his former
glory for robot
program to make the
absolute most of our
Kercheval After Six
ambitions get stifled demonstrations and scouting data at Saturday, July 27th, 6-10
by other driving practice. Our competition. We applied to have a booth for a local
responsibilities, plan for supplying Fabrication is summer festival. In the past, we have
inside and out of the donations to DDR fabricating one-of-a- featured fundraisers and robot
team, but summer is was inspired by how kind pieces of jewelry demonstrations.
the time to take on much felt we had to sell, as a means of
passion projects and stored in our shop. We chipping away at the
learn new skills. are currently in the cost of a new, more Community Day
design phase, where accurate mill. We will
Our team-wide goals Saturday, August 24th, 10-2
for the summer are we figure out how to write an update in the
upgrading Howie and best sew the blankets next issue; look out! Every year, we invite potential sponsors
donating blankets to to warm the animals. and our community to come into the
shop and see what the Gearheads are all
about.

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Rough sketches of the fabrication jewelry design.

The Gearheads Gazette monthly publication

was halted in May,
system has been set
up behind the scenes
one more area where
they can feel
Recieves a New Look and brought back
this June. This fresh
as a way to ease
nerves about picking
comfortable working
in.
WRITTEN BY AMELIA A appearance was up an article. When
As the school year from the outside designed to enable the new school year
comes to a close, looking in is the page more team members begins this September,
various changes are design for the to have their work we plan to see a large
being made within Gearheads Gazette. In published in the group of new students
our team. However, order to implement team’s gazette. With join the robotics team,
a noticeable change these changes, the this, a delegation and this will now be
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The Gearheads Elect New Leadership
WRITTEN BY MAVERICK M, PHOTOS BY MAVERICK M

(not pictured)

EVAN R STEVEN S NAOMI O JULIA M

Team Captain Controls Captain Media Captain Safety Captain

NICK M BEN U ALEXA R AUDREY R

Game Strategy Captain Build Captain Fabrication Captain Design Captain
After the election held Controls by making improve STEM. Julia will be create outreach
in May, we elected it easier to educate by communication making a safety opportunities for
these members to lead creating a curriculum within the shop, create station for strategy with other
us for the upcoming for the programming more accurate results, competitions, teams. Evan will
season! Ben wants to learning modules. reduce distractions, making new safety continue to
try to build two robots Audrey is looking to and create a bill of boxes, introducing strengthen
and have new train a group of materials with design. new outreach ideas, communication
members quickly Solidworks users by Naomi plans to recruit and increasing shop between subteams and
trained with all teaching teammates people into STEM safety. Nick wants to lead organized
aspects of the sub how to model using activities and produce improve the discussion.
team. Steven wants correct methods. content that will competition match
increase efficiency in Alexa is looking to interest people in scouting schedule and

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The support we received from your group and our other sponsors
allowed the team to purchase new tools and equipment, upgrade our
electronics and computer systems, and improve our shop, which in turn
allows us to help our students learn about STEAM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, Art and Math) through participation in FIRST Robotics.