Team 1511- Rolling Thunder

Events

Rochester Rally-

The Rochester Rally is a competition organized and hosted by Team 1511 Rolling Thunder. That allows all teams in upstate New York to not only test out their new "bot", but to test out their drive team, stratagy, and to meet and make friends with other local teams in the process. Rolling Thunder also gives teams the bonus of free shipment of their robots after the competition straight to the Finger Lakes Regional making it not only fun, but a money saver, and one less thing to worry about. This year's Rally will likely be held on Monday February 19th, 2007.
rally

Rochester Rumble-

The Rochester FIRST Lego League (FLL) Rumble is a Lego League competition in March around St. Patrick's Day that is organized and hosted by team 1511 Rolling Thunder. Team 1511 believes that it is crucial to teach middle school aged children the importance of science and technology which is why the Rumble is so important to our team. FLL teams are geared towards children ages nine through fourteen and helps to instill such values as gracious professionalism, cooperation, and hard work while incorporating the fun and excitment of a competitive sport. The March competition allows students to work on their robots after their December competition to add new functionalities and learn new programming techniques.
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Ruckus-

Possibly one of the most looked forward to off-season events in the Rochester, New York area is the Rah Cha Cha Ruckus. Penfield team 1511 Rolling Thunder helps each year to organize, sponsor and run this fun Halloween themed comptition and this year is no different. The competition itself is very unique because it not only allows for teams to play the previous years game one last time before packing their robot up before Kick Off, but it also allows for local teams to meet one another, discuss last years game, take part in a variety of fun activities such as human player only matches, coach matches, and a fun Halloween themed dance after the competition. It also provides a great enviornment for local teams in the upstate New York area to make great bonds that will last them a lifetime and provide valuable connections for Build Season. Check out the Ruckus Website at www.ruckus.firstrochester.org.
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Razzle Dazzle-

The Rochester Razzle Dazzle is a pre-FLL regional event held on November 26 that was organized, planned, held, and run by 1511 members this year.  The purpose of this event is to provide FLL teams with the opportunity to test, change, and perfect their robots prior to the Rochester Regional.   1511 students and mentors loved helping out the FLL teams and getting to see how far they had progressed.  And with the help of other FLL teams, 1511 students, mentors and parents many FLL teams had a chance to work on their robots and made more progress in five hours then they would have in a weeks worth of build sessions due to the great ammount of resources the Razzle Dazzle provided not to mention it was great fun!

Welcome!

Welcome to the digital home of Rolling Thunder, FIRST Robotics team 1511. The team is from Penfield High School in Penfield, New York and mainly sponsored by Harris Corp. To find out more about the team and FIRST, please visit the About Us page.


Quick Links:
[Calendar] [Photos]
Team Handbook
[Rochester Ruckus]


Important Links:

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[Harris Logo]


[Penfield High School Logo]