Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

we dont yet but we did build the transmissions

Re: Who already Has Their Chassy Built?
 

Neither do we, we dismantled last year's bot and are using the chassie and this year's drive train to practice driving. So in theory we might have

Re: Who already Has Their Chassy Built?
 

We more or less (no encoders yet) finished last night :) Goal was 24hrs, but it took us more like 30. There were a lot of interruptions over the weekend, so I think we are in good shape.

Re: Who already Has Their Chassy Built?
 

If by Chassy you mean Chassis...

675 almost does. building it right now.

Re: Who already Has Their Chassy Built?
 

We niether, although we will by this Saturday.

Re: Who already Has Their Chassy Built?
 

i do mean chassis my bad

Re: Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

240 has the bottom section built and waiting on drivetrain install. Drivetrain will probably be a near direct rip on last year's setup, with some minor structral integrity aids. (Why mess with what works?)

Re: Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

Just about done, we hammered out our chassie design on monday. So hopefully by friday or mid sat. we will have a rolling chassie.

Re: Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

Ready for assembly.

Transmissions built ready for tonight or first thing tomorrow.

Re: Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

We just got our transmissions, wheels, sprockets, and idlers today, so we aren't there yet. Additionally, some more parts need to come in before we can start constructing it. We could probably get it rolling in tomorrow, but then we'd need to take it apart again once our McMaster stuff arrives... more efficient to just wait, I think. The extra time is all going into the arm prototype and organizing the shop, so it isn't like it is wasted time.

Re: Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

We don't have it built yet, but we're not changing our design that much from last year's so it's no big deal.

Re: Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

we finished chassis designs today. we are still waiting for our wheels and transmissions but we will start manufacturing the frame tomorrow, hoping to get it all done in a few hours so its ready for parts as they arrive. we are in pretty good shape.

Re: Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

We've been doing more designing/brainstorming than last year, learning from our "experience" with lack of planning. So we will start building Friday since it's our late night. Pretty good ideas bouncing around, though.

Re: Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

We ordered the metal and parts today. Decided mid way to switch to dual CIM toughboxes. I haven't assembled them yet though, they're still sitting in my car.

Chassis should be done by mid-next week. By next weekend we should be wired, moving, and ready for a manipulator. I wish we could of been starting the build now, but I guess it's ok. Our robot is going to require some heavy programming, debugging, and driver practice this year so we're shooting for mid 4th week for a complete robot.

Re: Who Already Has Their Chassis Built?
 

We haven't quite decided between an Ackerman-style drivebase or 6 wheel drive, but we have a general frame concept that should work for either one.