Battery
 

Posted by GregT at 2/20/2001 11:17 AM EST


Student on team #639, RedB^2, from Ithaca High School and Cornell University.



Team 639 has successfully drilled 3 1" holes in our battery to reduce the weight of our robot by 1 pound. We have some experienced professionals, so I don’t suggest trying this yourself.


Greg

Re: Battery
 

Posted by Jeremy at 2/20/2001 4:13 PM EST


Student on team #95 from Lebanon high school.


In Reply to: Battery
Posted by GregT on 2/20/2001 11:17 AM EST:



can you put a photo of the battery up so we can see it

well yeah...
 

Posted by Kevin Sevcik at 2/20/2001 8:49 PM EST


Other on team #57, Leopards, from BT Washington and the High School for Engineering Professions and Exxon, Kellog Brown & Root, Powell Electrical.


In Reply to: Battery
Posted by GregT on 2/20/2001 11:17 AM EST:



I imagine that could work, especially if you drilled the holes while the battery was on the bot. as soon as the acid was finished eating its way through your chassis, electronics, etc. you'd have lost a LOT of weight....

Re: Battery
 

Posted by Chris Hardman at 02/22/2001 7:47 PM EST


Student on team #111, WILDSTANG, from Rolling Meadows and Wheeling High schools and motorola.


In Reply to: Battery
Posted by GregT on 2/20/2001 11:17 AM EST:



: Team 639 has successfully drilled 3 1" holes in our battery to reduce the weight of our robot by 1 pound. We have some experienced professionals, so I don’t suggest trying this yourself.

:
: Greg

hmmm when FIRST inspects your robot will they like this??

chris h

Re: Battery
 

Posted by Joe Ross at 02/22/2001 8:50 PM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL , J&F Machine, and Raytheon.


In Reply to: Re: Battery
Posted by Chris Hardman on 02/22/2001 7:47 PM EST:



: : Team 639 has successfully drilled 3 1" holes in our battery to reduce the weight of our robot by 1 pound. We have some experienced professionals, so I don’t suggest trying this yourself.

: hmmm when FIRST inspects your robot will they like this??

I think that someone asked about that last year in one of the updates. ;-)