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AGPapa
25-04-2015, 14:33
Which, if any, of the Einstein teams are using mecanums this year?
Pravin N
25-04-2015, 14:34
1671
timytamy
25-04-2015, 14:34
3132!!!
Chris_Ely
25-04-2015, 14:35
1711
Mike Marandola
25-04-2015, 14:39
20 has them
Ben Wolsieffer
25-04-2015, 14:41
Finally!
KFrisk
25-04-2015, 14:42
2512 is!
SavtaKenneth
25-04-2015, 14:44
3339 - BumbleB uses mecanum
Ben Wolsieffer
25-04-2015, 19:42
Congratulations 1671 (and 1678, 118 and 5012, of course :))!! - Mecanums = World Champions
steelerborn
25-04-2015, 19:45
1671 first robot to win champs with mecanum wheels!! Great accomplishment!!
jajabinx124
25-04-2015, 20:30
2526 had mecanums.
lynca
27-04-2015, 10:12
Many different holonomic drivetrains made it to Einstein this year.
RoboChair
27-04-2015, 13:09
1671 was the first ever robot to have a mecanum drive base touch Einstein Carpet. And the first mecanum to win Einstein.
GreyingJay
29-04-2015, 12:27
I`m new here. I assume this is an inside joke? That at one point someone said that mecanums would never win?
AGPapa
29-04-2015, 12:29
I`m new here. I assume this is an inside joke? That at one point someone said that mecanums would never win?

This is the first year since mecanums were first used in FRC (2005ish) that a team using them has made it to Einstein.
GuyM142
29-04-2015, 14:46
3339 had them! :)
Andrew Schreiber
29-04-2015, 15:26
Doesn't count. These were Tesla and Archimedes fields!

Mecanums have never touched Einstein! *hysterical laughter*
Poseidon5817
29-04-2015, 15:40
Doesn't count. These were Tesla and Archimedes fields!

Mecanums have never touched Einstein! *hysterical laughter*

But they did win Champs :cool:
Michael Hill
29-04-2015, 15:46
The carpet was burned afterward, right?
Poseidon5817
29-04-2015, 15:50
I didn't notice, I was too busy picking confetti out of the rollers :p

Just kidding lol.
Andrew Schreiber
29-04-2015, 15:55
I didn't notice, I was too busy picking confetti out of the rollers :p

Just kidding lol.

Ah good, the confetti cannons served their purpose, I'll make a note to fire them earlier next year. :P
Steven Donow
29-04-2015, 15:59
Ah good, the confetti cannons served their purpose, I'll make a note to fire them earlier next year. :P

"Switching to mecanums should be a serious consideration"-Andrew Schreiber, post-UMass Dartmouth District
MikeE
29-04-2015, 16:27
Doesn't count. These were Tesla and Archimedes fields!

Mecanums have never touched Einstein! *hysterical laughter*

While the carpets were the same as Tesla/Archimedes, the scoring platform plastic was replaced. So which team was the first to touch Mecanums to the Einstein scoring platforms?
galewind
29-04-2015, 19:14
1089 in sf4.
Koko Ed
29-04-2015, 19:25
This thread is comedy gold!
Andrew Schreiber
30-04-2015, 10:25
"Switching to mecanums should be a serious consideration"-Andrew Schreiber, post-UMass Dartmouth District

Remind me to pelt you with omni wheels next time I see you.
Poseidon5817
30-04-2015, 10:30
Remind me to pelt you with omni wheels next time I see you.

We originally did have a bizarre rendition of H-Drive on our robot, but we switched to mecanums for weight and simplicity.
JABot67
30-04-2015, 11:28
While the carpets were the same as Tesla/Archimedes, the scoring platform plastic was replaced. So which team was the first to touch Mecanums to the Einstein scoring platforms?

1089 in sf4.

Looks like 2512 started with two of their Mecanum wheels on the scoring platform in Quarters 1!
IronicDeadBird
30-04-2015, 12:21
This year mecanum... Next year KIWI SWERVE!
Brandon_L
30-04-2015, 12:57
Doesn't count. These were Tesla and Archimedes fields!

Mecanums have never touched Einstein! *hysterical laughter*

1089

Edit: joke went over my head