The CyberHawks 2012 ride

[Bruceb]

Here is how 706 is rollong this year.
http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l507/tkms002/100_0005.jpg
Bruce

[JosephC]

Very nice! Wish we were that far ahead >.>

[rcmolloy]

Weight?

[Bruceb]

Currently 53 lbs
Bruce

[372 lives on]

your chassis is 53 lbs with nothing on it... and you aren't worried???

[Bruceb]

Nope

[Bruceb]

Well she is all up and running now and weighs in at 119.5.
I'll post a pic later.

[Bruceb]

Here is a video link of our 2012 ride
http://s1121.photobucket.com/albums/l507/tkms002/?action=view&current=100_0013.mp4

Bruce

[Bruceb]

OK some details

Drive:
4 CIMS on super shifters with the standard ratio driving 6 AM pneumatic wheel/tires 1/4 in center drop that can be tuned with tire pressure

Bridge manipulator
pneumatically actuated ramp with over center latches so the force of the bridge is not transmitted to the very small pneumatic cylinders

Ball handling
High speed intake roller separate from the conveyor powered by an RS550 driving through a custom FP geared gearbox at about 9-1 reduction and connected to the rough top covered roller through a small v-belt that can be adjusted for slip if need be.
Door motor powered conveyor running 4 loops of polycord to hold up to 3 balls. Ball position sensed with IR sensors and micro switches.
Feed rollers at the top of the conveyor powered by the same configuration as the intake roller less the v-belt. These "feed" rollers consistently toss the ball up to the shooter rollers and give separation from the balls still in the conveyor.
The shooter consists of two 6 inch grey AM wheels sanded to an angle to match the ball and powered by 2 FP 9015 motors with 4-1 belt driven reduction.
Distance is calculated with the axis camera and controlled through a pid loop spinning the shooter wheels.
The hood has only 2 positions, one for scoring and one for feeding from defense.
Hood rotation is controlled by a window motor through laser cut acetyl gears and feed back is given through a 10 turn pot for close to 360 degrees of rotation.
Low CG for easier and proven balancing.

See you in Milwaukee and ST. Louis.

Bruce

[Bruceb]

What no comments. Are we being shunned?

Come on
What do you think?

The low CG makes us great at balancing. Did it in all but one match at our mini regional last Sunday. Even did the coopertition balance once.

Comments?

Thanks

[barn34]

Looks good, guys! Quite a few of your features are very similar to ours, which means we really like what we've seen. ;) Do you know the range on your shooter? Looking forward to seeing you in Milwaukee, and hopefully getting an opportunity to team up again and avenge that heartcrushing loss from the 2010 finals...or, at the very least, we'll gladly join you on the coopertition bridge. :)

[Bruceb]

I've seen the shooter push 28 ft.
Bruce

[barn34]

Sweetness. We were shooting from somewhere around that distance last night, as well. That's right on the other side of the bump, correct? We were also taking shots from on top the coopertition bridge. Accuracy was only about 1 out of 5 or so from there and was very dependent on how stable the bridge balance was, but that's still a 20% chance of doing something that would be pretty epic in a qualifier if we have the opportunity. :D

I say, if we we happen to be paired opposite in a qualifier, we both try to simultaneously take a shot from the coopertition bridge together as the match ends. :yikes:

[Bruceb]

Now THAT would be a crowd pleaser !!!!!!!!
Bruce