Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 

I just assumed the CIMs were higher wattage because every team uses them for their drives, but no more assuming for me! Thanks for the correction, but I still stand by my original statement that there are better ways to lose the weight.

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 

We have tried to look at everything else and found this would shave 2 1/2 pounds off the bat. We had some spare andymark planetary gear boxes and will use them.
Anyone else used them before for their drives? We saw our fellow team, 368, use it on their drive on their 2006 bot and they had no problems with it.

Our bot grabs the ball at 77" from the ground. We have to calk our arm back a little through programming in order to raise the ball and not pass the 80" rule.
It scores very easily during our testing. However, once we show how we knock balls off, people will see how "easy" it is. ;)

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 

We finally made weight at midnight. About 119.8 pounds.
Hope the scales at competition are calibrated the same as ours.
We tested very extensively with the FP motors and they run quite well, losing a little speed on the top end. They didn't really run that hot running for ten minutes straight, swapping out batteries.
In fact, the pump was way hotter with the 6 cylinders we are running.
Once we take autonomous video tomorrow, we will post some here knocking the ball off.:D