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i know we had a few years of disapointing carts, but we return with another good one.
Here are some stats-
38 cell GM hybrid car battery
2 kilowatt inverter
full computer (XP) with wireless
200 watt panasonic speaker and deck system
2000 watt kicker L7 competition subwoofer powered by a sony 1200 watt amp
red, blue , and white neons, all on switches so you can switch between colors
flip-up oi and computer screen
all in all, the cart weighs about 400 lbs
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/bman006/robot064.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn68/bman006/robot063.jpg
Akash Rastogi
29-03-2008, 01:45
I call it "EPIC CART"
that's some sick cart designing. What hardware did you guys load up in the computer?
Again...EPIC:yikes:
Cow Bell Solo
30-03-2008, 16:37
I really like it. I know our cart has done its job for our first two years but I think it is about time that we come up with a really nice cart for next year
The Megan 2207
30-03-2008, 17:10
Man, that is AWESOME! Our cart has been just a board on wheels for the past two years. I think this year, we will have a cart-designing squad.
The radio, computer, etc. are nice and everything...
But how on earth did you get a Hybrid battery from GM??? :ahh:
Since i'm guessing its not out of a brand spankin new Tahoe Hybrid, isn't it 42v? Where'd you find a 42v inverter? :confused:
How many Ah?
That is one sweet lookin cart... I remember seeing it at Buckeye. Now that I know it has a HUGE battery in it... I'll come by for a re-visit in Atlanta. I'm sure glad I'm not the one that has to truck it down to georgia. :D
-q
^GM does sponsor them. I am willing to bet they got one from them seperately (as in not ripped out of a car).
I love the diamond plate!
-Vivek
GBilletdeaux930
08-04-2008, 19:47
Jeez... all it needs is some motorized wheels and its like a car with a computer...
Thats pretty wild i have to say... What do you use the computer for?
hipsterjr
08-04-2008, 19:57
make it hover and no one will have anything on your cart:cool:
Nice job
to qbranch-
we know some people that work on the tahoe project, it was tough, but we pulled it off
At first, the battery was at 280 volts (don't get shocked), but we took it apart and wired it down to 14.4
no clue how many amp hours, but we ran the 1200 watt sup and the speakers and neons for three days without any problems
see ya in atl, you'll hear us. we weren't playing it much at purdue because we were going for chairmans
to gbilletdeaux930-
we use the computer for mostly music and wifi to scouts ect... soon we will be programming on it
GBilletdeaux930
08-04-2008, 22:21
we use the computer for mostly music and wifi to scouts ect... soon we will be programming on it
Yea after i posted that i thought, wow that would make programming while at the practice field easier.
robostangs548
08-04-2008, 22:28
Yeah, if you are interested in some more photos, i have about 10 more on this thread, check it out and feel free to ask questions if interested.. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/31247
Yea after i posted that i thought, wow that would make programming while at the practice field easier.
synth3tk
08-04-2008, 23:56
My God, that thing blows any other cart I've seen out of the water!!! Our's was just last year's cart secured to last year's robot chassis. What you have is eventually what I want to escalade to.
PM me some more stats on your cart, so I can have some idea of what I'd want to put in there.
cziggy343
09-04-2008, 00:09
BEAST!! that is all i have to say about that
Nawaid Ladak
09-04-2008, 00:21
thats crazy... how much time/money was put into building this?
Uberbots
09-04-2008, 00:22
all we have is a little blue cart with a pull-thingy on it.
at least we know we have acheived about .01% of your cart greatness (=
robostangs548
09-04-2008, 11:49
thats crazy... how much time/money was put into building this?
Well, from our team budget, we spent maybe $8 bucks on hot glue and Velcro, but from the total donations we added up somewhere around 8 grand... But like we said, it was more or less laying around components that we put together to make an amazing cart.
XXShadowXX
09-04-2008, 12:41
have it blast metallica becuase it was in kick off event :P
Please remember that playing music in the pit is not only discouraged, but exceptionally annoying.
Rick TYler
09-04-2008, 13:11
Please remember that playing music in the pit is not only discouraged, but exceptionally annoying.
There is an especially warm spot in Hell reserved for those who needlessly add to the noise level in the pits.
MishraArtificer
09-04-2008, 15:10
There is an especially warm spot in Hell reserved for those who needlessly add to the noise level in the pits.I think even 280 got burned by officials at a regional once for playing their anthem in the pit area.
There is an especially warm spot in Hell reserved for those who needlessly add to the noise level in the pits.
That's why I've always wanted to put a hugemongous audio system on a cart and have it noise cancel. Now we just have to wait a few more years till I get enough of my EE degree done... :o
Many have said (for various reasons) silence is loud... imagine when a cart goes by you it gets quiet and gets loud again when it goes away.
Also, before everybody shoots this down, I realize that given perfect cancelling ability with minimal delay the best you can do is attempt to servo the air pressure in the area to a stable level, which wouldn't allow anyone around the noise-cancelling device to be herd. Also, I'm not sure, but I think it would feed back too... although I'm not sure if there's any filtering that could be designed to keep that from happening. Again, I'm not an EE... yet. :]
-q
Jut a fyi for those concerned
,we make sure that we do not play music ever in the pits. It is great for after and hanging out though. we also use it for festivals and events such as relay for life
so....
who either saw or heard our cart at nationals?
just interested
I have no idea who it was but a couple of groups rolled a cart through the park between the GWCC and the Dome playing music on Saturday.
Personally I though it was really annoying. It is nice to get out in the sun and get some air and away from the noise a lights for a while so having all those features portable is undesirable IMHO.
I wish they would get rid of those vertical blowey sock things that make so much noise too up on that park. Makes it look like a cheesy used car dealership.
synth3tk
21-04-2008, 18:34
Personally I though it was really annoying. It is nice to get out in the sun and get some air and away from the noise a lights for a while so having all those features portable is undesirable IMHO.
While I don't argue that you shouldn't enjoy a nice day in the park away for the hustle-and-bustle of the competition, having stuff like that being portable is actually a brilliant idea. Sure, maybe they shouldn't have done it through the park.
But think about other events not as loud or restrictive as FRC. Maybe at a showing in a fair, during one of their fundraising events, just plain making use of donated/extra parts, etc. I actually want to incorporate a system like that in our new cart, and after looking at a nice Linux distro I just read about, it may turn out pretty awesome.
The thing is, teams just need to learn when and where to use the equipment we build. They were probably just trying to show off, which isn't always too bad.
Btw, this wasn't a personal attack. JMHO.
no problem,
there are certainly applications for it. just not at that part methinks.
we jst rolled it through the park because we wanted to let loose a little, you know... get away for a minute. most people seemed to enjoy it, and nobody complained. if anybody complained, we would have turned it down.
and, yes, we are using it for offseason events such as relay for life, victorian festival and an upcoming green festival as well as several others. oh, and you can't forget the last day of school =)
we jst rolled it through the park because we wanted to let loose a little, you know... get away for a minute. most people seemed to enjoy it, and nobody complained. if anybody complained, we would have turned it down.
and, yes, we are using it for offseason events such as relay for life, victorian festival and an upcoming green festival as well as several others. oh, and you can't forget the last day of school =)
It really didn't seem that loud probably because it was only a moment and those annoying vertical socks were screaming anyway. One the other hand being around the dome isn't like being in a national park.
I used to take a boat and go deep into the river swamps and check things out. It was like being a thousand miles from civilization and looked just like when Columbus came to the new world. Then some bozo redneck came up in his boat, parks, turns up very loud country music, drinks beer and gets sunburnt. His definition of fun, my definition of mega stupid. In the wilderness, getting drunk, stupid, sunburnt, dehydrated and deaf all at the same time.
sorry, just had to tell the story.
matt 1923
26-02-2010, 16:39
any idea on the weight of the whole thing?
Greg Needel
26-02-2010, 16:46
any idea on the weight of the whole thing?
in the original post it says ~ 400 lbs. Also please note that this thread is from 2008 and since then there are specific rules about music/sound systems on your carts which you should view before considering something like this.
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