02-19-2009 10:00 AM

jgannon

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

Please tell me you've got a set of red bumpers somewhere too.

Looks like another great machine... good luck this year!

02-19-2009 10:02 AM

Qbranch

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

Looking good 1038... my what a big hopper you have.

Wish you all were heading out to Midwest this year... my 1038 levels are a little low.

Anyhow, any cool programming wizardry? Mechanical magic? Video of it running?

-q

02-19-2009 11:28 AM

Jimmy Nichols

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

Thanks a lot! It was long hard road getting there without Dave Campbell around, but we made it. A simpler design than we have done in the past, but we were able to manufacture about 75% of the machine in house on our 20+ year old Bridgeport Mill and Delta-Rockwell Lathe.

Not much wizadry this year. I'm not sure if we got any video or not, too busy cleaning up and packing to pay attention.

Good Luck to you all!

02-19-2009 12:11 PM

wilsonmw04

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

Does a team's bumper color matter? We used red last year without a problem. Why would this year be any different?

02-19-2009 12:24 PM

Travis Hoffman

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

In past seasons, 1038 was known for having both a red and a blue set of bumpers, which they'd swap out to denote their alliance color during a match.

This is not nor ever was a requirement in the rules, but it was trivially easy to tell which alliance 1038 belonged to while they were on the field competing.

02-19-2009 12:37 PM

wilsonmw04

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

Understood. I just had a small freak out and thought I missed something in the rules. I was furiously reading them again.

02-19-2009 12:38 PM

Jimmy Nichols

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

No color changing bumpers this year. Not only did the kids hate changing them, but the graphics/imagery team told us that the red wouldn't match our theme this year. Oh well, maybe next year.

02-19-2009 12:44 PM

M. Mellott

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

Lookin good, Jimmy! We're looking forward to seeing you guys next week!!

02-19-2009 02:51 PM

Collin Fultz

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

I love your solution to putting bumpers on the trailer. We have little pieces of noodle strewn throughout our shop from where the practice bot has ripped the noodles we zip-tied to the trailer.

Bot looks great, too! I wish you guys could come to Purdue again. Good luck at Buckeye!

02-19-2009 03:49 PM

Jimmy Nichols

Re: pic: 1038-Thunderhawks practice

Thanks Mike! See ya up there.

I wish we could make it out to Purdue again as well. Maybe next year.