Originally Posted by MiniCChuck (Post 554244)

You could technically have a pneumatic lift that lifts your own bot so another bot can drive undernieth then you could raise your lifting mechanism thus you are off the floor!!!!:cool:

Originally Posted by cgredalertcc (Post 554228)

This is my personal apology for my "attitude" earlier. Turns out after crunching the numbers lift = lighter than ramp. So drum roll please 1741 is.......lifting!! We'll see how it works. I do have a question. If we were to use honeycomb (the metal used for certain surfaces on comercial air craft) and used glue to attach the skin is that within the rules? As they read it says that you may not use adhesive back tapes, but this isn't tape so I think its legal but I wanted other opinions if you wouldn't mind.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Pavan (Post 550924)

With this years game there are two main ideas of how to get the robot up either four inches or twelve inches. They are by ramp or by lifting. For those that are lifting and for those that plan to either climb or be lifted, I believe that the lift is much more dangerous. Although with the ramp you have to to keep it in your base and with 2" of clearance due to bumpers you will need to have a small angle thus a longer ramp, it is much more safer. Your robot is always on solid ground. With the lift you are in the air. Are you sure 30 points is worth the risk of your robot falling twelve inches off of the ground? Although I hope this never happens, I think before teams start thinking of being lifted that they should all consider the possibilities both positive and negative. The main one is a robot falling, and today when my team was discussing this I thought of the fact that if you are being lifted up, you are no longer in control of your robot, and that if anything happens your robot will fall. What if it does? Will your team build a more robust robot that can take a twelve inch fall? Will your team prepare for a worst case scenario?

Before you answer keep in mind that six hard weeks of planning, designing, and building went are going to go into your creation.


Pavan.

Originally Posted by 3@G13_1388 (Post 554354)

It is almost going to be impossible to use a lift to elevate your alliance's robots. It is going to be impossible because pneumanic cylinders are not going to give enough force to exert a lifting device.

im pretty sure that the pneumatic cylinders come in larger sizes than they gave us so i think it will be possible to lift other robots with a lift. and i thin the largest size is a 2 inch cylinder.

Originally Posted by 3@G13_1388 (Post 554354)

It is almost going to be impossible to use a lift to elevate your alliance's robots. It is going to be impossible because pneumanic cylinders are not going to give enough force to exert a lifting device.

im pretty sure that the pneumatic cylinders come in larger sizes than they gave us so i think it will be possible to lift other robots with a lift. and i thin the largest size is a 2 inch cylinder.