3476 Code Orange 3.7 lbs scaler

[Mark Sheridan]

https://youtu.be/xqIs6n5I7-g

#R2D2

[BenHildy]

Impressive! May I ask how the hook is raised? Is it a tape measure lift or some sort of pneumatic device? Or something else?

[OccamzRazor]

Does that weight also include the motor/gearbox?

[Pauline Tasci]

Does that weight also include the motor/gearbox?

yes, its 1 775 pro and a versa gearbox.

[camtunkpa]

Very cool! How are you deploying the hook?

[Mark Sheridan]

Stop by our pit. The students who designed it would love to explain it.

[Levi Madden]

yes, its 1 775 pro and a versa gearbox.

What gear ratio are you using?

[Michael Corsetto]

yes, its 1 775 pro and a versa gearbox.

I assume you mean Versaplanetary Gearbox?

If so, just a heads up, those things really like to explode under high loads. We love the VP's, but we've blown up our fair share of them over the years...

Looks awesome.

-Mike

[Hitchhiker 42]

Very cool! How are you deploying the hook?

By the look and sound of it, I suspect a long, thin cylinder for delivering the hook.

[AustinNordman]

those things really like to explode

Just replace the gearbox every match. :rolleyes:

[Mark Sheridan]

I assume you mean Versaplanetary Gearbox?

If so, just a heads up, those things really like to explode under high loads. We love the VP's, but we've blown up our fair share of them over the years...

Looks awesome.

-Mike

Yeah Kevin keeps telling me this. We kept the spool diameter small to keep the gear ratio low. Saved a ton of weight too with a small spool

[asid61]

Stop by our pit. The students who designed it would love to explain it.

For those of us not going to St. Louis this year, some pictures would be nice. :D

[cpiravi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Eq8YietHM

Here's a video of our scale + shoot.

[Mike Marandola]

Very cool! How are you deploying the hook?

My two guesses are either constant force springs mounted at the top and pulling the bottom, or something like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npz-YHTGIdk) but using a grippy wheel and friction on the rod. I am excited to check this out in a few days.