Got Weight?
 

(starts talking in infomercial guy's voice) Is you robot overweight, does your team think that they just wasted 6 hard weeks of work. No worries Ill have the perfect solution as soon as i think of one. please help me with any ideas

Re: Got Weight?
 

Step 1: Get Drill
Step 2: Insert 1/2"-1" bit into drill
Step 3: Drill Those Speed Holes!

Re: Got Weight?
 

remove unecessary components that would be cool, but would add weight.
use lighter material (ie: aluminum)...
see news updates...

Re: Got Weight?
 

LIGHTNING HOLES, that's a hint

Re: Got Weight?
 

Make enough holes so you can use your robot as a CHEESE GRATER at the end of the season! :)

:cool: Tomasz Bania :cool:

Re: Got Weight?
 

if you're using a shooter with two wheels, you could try cutting out some of the spokes and putting some cardboard over it so that it would be just as aerodynamic but weigh less.

Re: Got Weight?
 

Holes help. I think in the past 3 days my team has taken 6-7 pounds off of our robot. Get a couple drills ready, they do heat up when run for a long time.

Re: Got Weight?
 

Take the white space out of your program.

Re: Got Weight?
 

Ha.

But getting back to the speed holes, I'll put in the boilerplate: don't be stupid with the swiss cheesing. Poking a bunch of holes in your hopper that was built around the requirement of having a perfectly smooth bottom may come back to bite you in your bottom.

Just be smart about where you poke holes, and you'll be good.

Re: Got Weight?
 

good idea

Re: Got Weight?
 

Switch the air in your tires with helium.

Re: Got Weight?
 

drill one-way holes in your air cylinders.

Then refill your brake light fluid.

And change your muffler bearings.

Re: Got Weight?
 

Don't forget to remove all the comments in your code, and scrape the insulation off all the wiring.

Re: Got Weight?
 

And drill holes in the RC, radio, and camera. ;)

Seriously, though, it looks like we will be underweight...by 2 pounds! :rolleyes:

Re: Got Weight?
 

Use a smaller font in the code.

Also, avoid using entire colons when a semicolon would work just fine.