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wilmo
09-03-2008, 15:53
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/wedge34/8215eTechHounds06.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/wedge34/8215eTechHounds08.jpg
I'm standing on the other side of the overpass with my arm up, this is where the trackball usually lands


See you at BMR!
Eugene Fang
09-03-2008, 16:02
thats one scary robot. I'd hate to be in front of that when it launched.

nice work!
Leav
09-03-2008, 16:02
:ahh: :ahh: :ahh: :ahh: :ahh:

-Leav
Qbranch
09-03-2008, 16:06
Looking good!

How do you pick the ball up?

What kind of drive system do you have?

We'll see you at BMR.

-q
wilmo
09-03-2008, 16:11
What kind of drive system do you have?

We have a 6 wheel drive that uses 4 in. IFI traction wheels

How do you pick the ball up?

The 2 "arms" that are at the very tip of our catapult open and close to swoop under the ball and hold it like a forklift, we can pull the arms up and close them into our body to hold the ball safely as we manuver
seraphim33
09-03-2008, 16:22
amazing....simply amazing
Caio
09-03-2008, 18:50
I'd love to see a video of this thing launching...

but it looks amazing! Good job!
AdamHeard
09-03-2008, 19:01
That's quite a launch!!!!!

Good thing 868 builds well, otherwise all that energy would tear it apart ;)
KTorak
09-03-2008, 22:41
I'm speechless.
wilmo
10-03-2008, 06:34
Here is a short vid with pictures of the pre-ship bot and video of 2 practice launches, we only launched twice at STL because of Mecanical/Electrical problems but all the bugs are fixed for BMR


Vid (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8324315868185005986&q=techhounds&total=6&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4)

Thanks,
Wilmo
mark johnson
10-03-2008, 21:40
BIG AIR TIME!!!!! SWEET LAUNCHER. Good luck the rest of the season.Hope to see it at IRI.