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We are currently a bit overweight, but not alarmingly so. Our problems are primarily with where our weight is rather than how much of it there is.

Our center of gravity is much further toward one end of the robot than we anticipated and that's created some problems regarding the operation of our systems.

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10 lbs over = go on diet. We shead all those lbs then we must have had some Krispy Kreames cause now we are 6 lbs over. Why do these stupid diets work for such a short time. Maybe after running Blizzard 5 around it may shed those lbs. This I doubt so its back on diet.

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When I left BMS yesterday, we were 1.5 lbs over. We'll get it down to something frighteningly close to 130 lbs, soon, though.

We started shaving off half of the heads on all the bolts on the robot to save weight. ::sigh:: God I love build season.

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We weighed at each step, but somehow we gained a ton of weight... 165-170lbs last weighing, yikes! We probably have to amputate some features :(. Anyone know the difference between 16 gauge wire and 10 gauge wire weights? ;)

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it was 145 but after a day of weight reduction its down to approximatley 130 but it looks like a school bus the way we cut the side panels

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:D :D :D :D

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Today's weight counts:

START: 132.4 lb.

-0.4 lb. drilling holes
+0.3 lb. lights
-0.4 lb. old pushing beam
+0.5 lb. new pushing beam
-0.5 lb. old side braces
+0.3 lb. new side braces
+0.1 lb. of who know's what

END: 132.3 lb.

NEW IDEAS FOR SAVING WEIGHT:
-rewire
-more holes
-take off washers and any unneccesary bolts
-shorten steel axles by 1/2" on each side
-fill tires and pneumatics with helium

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We did our first accurate weighing today with a complete (or nearly complete) robot. We weighed in at 129.9, SWEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

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we are 110 with only half the bot. lol

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Ouch...

Now THAT is pretty awesome. ::sigh:: Some kids have all the luck..;)

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Remember three things:

1) The scales used in the past were only accurate to the nearest pound.

2) The scales vary by at least 0.5. At Nationals last year there were 4 scales. One was significantly heavier than the rest, two were close and one showed a half pound less than the others. This was when the inspectors put the same robot on all the scales to get a feel for the differences. Robots close to 130 were weighed on the "light" scale.

3) The weight shown on the scale at the competition is the only one that counts.

You're not out of the woods yet! If I were you I'd try and find at least another half pound. Easier now than at a competition.

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Must be that we are rookies or something...but comparing to my 7 year old sister (50ish pounds)...I say our bot is about 70 pounds (with bat) with only one minor component to go....