Casual Writing before 2024 FRC Off-season China
I remember our young members and the short-lived Tomorrow's Star Program designed for our team's future.
I remember escaping from Guangzhou No.2 High School with Yue Peng after Guangdong Six-School Alliance Exam and the ridiculous experience of buying unnecessary ticket fot the shuttle bus in the airport.
I remember the experience of 9 Air adding baggage fees, landing later than the original flight after rerouting at Pudong Airport.
I remember a civil engineering graduate from Harbin Institute of Technology, who was working in Guangdong somewhere, sitting to my right by the window. He helped me take photos of the magnificent sunset over the sea of clouds.
I remember 8011 providing us with drawings of metric dimension sized swerve module, lending us Falcon motors for the competition, and countless other forms of assistance.
I remember 8214 lending us Falcon motors for the competition, taking us to find a factory that could cut the wood board, and helping us make the bumpers.
I remember frequently communicating with 8810, encouraging each other, and sharing a lot of information.
I remember the alumnus from Shenzhen who worked as robot inspector and was about to join the PLA. He shared his FRC experience with us, helped us test our code, repair the robot. And the air tube that kept leaking and eventually burned out due to overheating during pumping.
I remember the orange-hatted CSAs helping us troubleshoot the pneumatic control module.
I remember the mentor from 6986, who were unfamiliar to us, coming to our PIT with their team and tools, trying tirelessly help us repair the damaged swerve modules. The professional ethics and the FIRST spirit is truly admirable!
I remember the encourage from the mentor of 6353.
I remember a team lent us their air compressor to use, though I can't quite recall which team they were.
I remember chatting about the events after return to hotel in that very night, feeling a bit melancholy.
I remember that we were one of the three teams that were not selected by the alliance and did not make it to the elimination rounds.
I remember staying at the competition venue until the awards ceremony ended but still not winning any awards. Hence, we had to rush to the boarding gate at Hongqiao Airport to catch the flight hurriedly. However, our plane need to change the wheel and finally Air China decide to change the plane after maybe one or two hours.
