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samboydh
05-02-2008, 02:12
[cdm-description=photo]30088[/cdm-description]
AdamHeard
05-02-2008, 02:13
Why?
spinmunky
05-02-2008, 02:19
Why?

Bigger wheels means the faster you go perhaps.
AdamHeard
05-02-2008, 02:20
Bigger wheels means the faster you go perhaps.

tell that to 254/968... 16fps last year on < 4" wheels....
Ben Piecuch
05-02-2008, 09:36
Well, with direct drive from the Toughbox and a 16" wheel, I'm calculating about 24ft/s. Maybe they plan on bouncing off the end walls to get around the track.

Is there a "custom" coupler on the back side of that wheel? It looks to me like the wheel already has a broached hub on it, which would make it quite easy to mount to. Any details?

Best of luck,

Bengineer
Greg Needel
05-02-2008, 09:57
Well, with direct drive from the Toughbox and a 16" wheel, I'm calculating about 24ft/s. Maybe they plan on bouncing off the end walls to get around the track.


I would be more worried about tripping breakers with a setup like that.
Steve_Alaniz
05-02-2008, 10:05
WOW.. Cool wheels... and they ARE big so I guess you expect to run really fast. I think the fastest I would try to control a robot in such an enclosed space as the field is 16 FPS tops. I'll have to watch video of the regional you go to. ( I think if you have wheels THAT big you also have to install airbags...)

Steve
Elgin Clock
05-02-2008, 10:53
Similar setup as 2005 then eh?

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/20544
EricH
05-02-2008, 11:18
Similar setup as 2005 then eh?

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/20544Better than last year's drive...

Oh, and Steve: L.A. typically doesn't have a webcast. The SOAP videos from last year's elims are in a format that no media player on my computer is able to read--.m4v, or something like that.
MrForbes
05-02-2008, 11:33
The SOAP videos from last year's elims are in a format that no media player on my computer is able to read--.m4v, or something like that.

The movies play for me with the videolan (http://www.videolan.org/) player....although I can't be certain where the codec it uses came from, as I have several video players on my computer.
Joe Ross
05-02-2008, 13:07
If you notice, the frame ends not too far away from the edge of the wheel. I'm guessing the robot isn't more then 24" long.
samboydh
20-01-2009, 17:56
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39dXQXmhNH8&feature=channel_page


check out this year