Re: VEX Drive Trains 2007
 

Posts or side goals? It is illegal to descore the rings on the posts... unfortunately :p

Re: VEX Drive Trains 2007
 

You can also de-score the platforms. However I don't think de-scoring will be a big thing at the regional events. I haven't seen any strategies really using the low goals or the platform for scoring. If the robots can't score on the posts they go to get the goals.

Re: VEX Drive Trains 2007
 

More Robotics participates in a local VEX tournament in the fall to prepare for FRC. The game was to pick marbles out of a pit in the middle, and fill up teeter totters. Our team decided to use an Omni drive so we could be very manuverable. The Omni drive worked very well for what we needed.

Re: VEX Drive Trains 2007
 

My team is using a 4 wheel design (but that will be changing very soon ;)) with chain. It has a two speed transmission, similar to the one we used in last years FVC competition with a small change.

This is the test bot we made over the summer

Thats a little dated, but the transmission is no different.

Best of luck to all FTC teams!

Regards,
Team Unlimited (FTC #1) and its members

Re: VEX Drive Trains 2007
 

We can schlerp rings off the movable goal platforms and drop them outside the field, (as well as push them out of the side goals), but it's unlikely that we would do so. In a tight match, we can score as quickly as de-score, and you get more rank points by playing offensive than defensive. In an unbalanced match, it might even be worthwhile to score some points for the other team (or at least let them have the movable goals).

Re: VEX Drive Trains 2007
 

Silly RP

Re: VEX Drive Trains 2007
 

We're using 6WD with 4 1:1 all purpose wheels, and 2 front large omniwheels. I'll put up pics as soon as I can.

Re: VEX Drive Trains 2007
 

team 93 is using a 6WD with 4 inch wheels, the two back ones are powerd with a 60-36 gear ration and unpowered large omnis in the front... we will probably be working on a more complex one for our next regional;)

Re: VEX Drive Trains 2007
 

Team 85 had 8wd with shaftdrive and 2 omnis in the front. It was all the small wheels.