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Brandon Martus
21-02-2008, 13:34
[cdm-description=photo]30600[/cdm-description]
Mike Copioli
21-02-2008, 15:01
Nice job guys. I am impressed. That bot will win some awards and I would say some matches as well. That is the most unique design I have seen in a long time. I can't wait to see it in action.
frekleface
21-02-2008, 19:44
How are you guys missing that much school attending all of those regionals!! :eek:
Billfred
21-02-2008, 20:00
How are you guys missing that much school attending all of those regionals!! :eek:
Brandon's event list is slightly expanded, due to his line of work. 148 (https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=teaminfo&team=148), however, is attending St. Louis, Bayou, and the Championship.

And, on a related note, I'm in love. It looks like there are two positive wires going from the distribution block to the Maxi block. Is this just to reduce voltage drop by giving more room for the electricity to go through, or is there some other reasoning I'm missing?
BeMyDeadite
21-02-2008, 20:02
how much does it weigh? it cant be much :confused:
vhcook
21-02-2008, 20:14
how much does it weigh? it cant be much :confused:

Given the amount of chain and number of gears inside (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/30612), I suspect it weighs quite a bit. Possibly very near to the limit.

Beautiful craftsmanship. :]
Cory
21-02-2008, 20:21
Given the amount of chain and number of gears inside (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/30612), I suspect it weighs quite a bit. Possibly very near to the limit.

Beautiful craftsmanship. :]

Not even close to the limit, from what I've heard. More like 80 lbs.
purplescoober
02-03-2008, 17:19
Sweet Bot. That thing must fly! but where does your main battery mount to? under it???
ParkerF
02-03-2008, 17:38
It looks like there are two positive wires going from the distribution block to the Maxi block. Is this just to reduce voltage drop by giving more room for the electricity to go through, or is there some other reasoning I'm missing?

The distribution block isn't designed for such large wires, so our electricians trimmed the copper down on the wires to fit them in; as I was told. They connected another to ensure the proper amount of voltage was getting through.

Sweet Bot. That thing must fly! but where does your main battery mount to? under it???

Yes, the battery is mounted from below.
Corey Chitwood
29-03-2008, 20:07
We connected the two wires to the 40 amp fuse block for redundancy. We did not cut any strands of the ends (trim the copper down).
Alex_Miller
01-04-2008, 20:08
How many wheels does it have, and how many different directions can it go at any given time?
roboticWanderor
03-04-2008, 22:28
How many wheels does it have, and how many different directions can it go at any given time?
it had a 3 wheel swerve drive. technically it could go any direction it wanted (on an xy plane), but i suppose with a few modifications we could try and make it go up too!
Alex_Miller
03-04-2008, 22:43
it had a 3 wheel swerve drive. technically it could go any direction it wanted (on an xy plane), but i suppose with a few modifications we could try and make it go up too!

That would be cool:cool: