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waialua359 15-02-2008 00:23

Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
http://www.waialuarobotics.com/wk6.html

Trying to put together the bot after its fresh PC and polishing of parts.
Next up, organized wiring, plumbing, and robot no. and sponsors.:D

Waiakea12 15-02-2008 00:40

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
WAZZUP!
Waiakea's doing well. I hope that you guys are all good over there. See ya at the HI competition...(That is if you guys aren't going to the Silicon Valley one.)

Waiakea12 15-02-2008 00:46

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
Oh yeah, We've also been practicing with the other Hilo team,Team 1378. They're moving along and have a cool, flashy bot design.

CraigHickman 15-02-2008 00:48

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
Hm, west coast bot, anyone?

Looks really nice! I like the color scheme a lot, it's very clean looking.

ALIBI 15-02-2008 01:40

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
Great looking robot? I do have one question. In the first picture where you are picking up the trackball off the floor, it sure looks like you are exceeding 80". How far out does your arm reach?

waialua359 15-02-2008 01:43

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
the bot does not exceed the 80" rule.
Our arm cannot extend past the 80" at any time. The angle of that pic makes it look pretty long though.:D

Waiakea12 15-02-2008 04:05

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
I see that you guys decided to go 6-wheel this year. How's the overall weight of the bot?

SteveGPage 15-02-2008 08:24

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
Looks great! Can't wait to see it in action at the Chesapeake Regional!

Best regards,

Steve

Alex Cormier 15-02-2008 09:06

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
looks good fellas, what a smart idea to be able to pick up the ball form both sides. ;)

waialua359 15-02-2008 12:12

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
At first, we were designing it to pick up from both sides. However, a certain "manipulator" not shown yet, will be on the back making it a lot easier to do several ? ;) We will post more pics as the days go by and once installed.
Our bot also weighed in at 118 with everything on (minus battery and bumpers).

Alex Cormier 15-02-2008 12:18

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by waialua359 (Post 699470)
At first, we were designing it to pick up from both sides. However, a certain "manipulator" not shown yet, will be on the back making it a lot easier to do several ? ;) We will post more pics as the days go by and once installed.
Our bot also weighed in at 118 with everything on (minus battery and bumpers).

so you are no longer able to pick from "front" and "back"

waialua359 15-02-2008 16:10

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
We will no longer be able to pick up from the back.....but with great reason.:rolleyes:

waialua359 17-02-2008 23:23

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
more pics posted on the link at the beginning of this post, however, after adding our last function, it took us 4 pounds overweight! We are shaving gears in our transmission, losing 1 of our 4 air tanks, and trading 2 CIM motors in our drive for 2 FP ones instead.
We "shhhhooooouuulllllddddd" be underweight, I hope.:D :D

Jaybee1405 17-02-2008 23:54

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
Oooh there's better ways to save weight than switching out 2 CIMS for FP's. Not only will you lose power, but the FP will get really really hot. If you do go through with it, I suggest mounting a muffin fan on back of the FP to cool it down through the holes.

It's only 4 pounds. Trust me, there's better ways to lose it.

Dan Richardson 18-02-2008 00:24

Re: Team 359 Hawaiian Kids: Almost complete!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaybee1405 (Post 701298)
Oooh there's better ways to save weight than switching out 2 CIMS for FP's. Not only will you lose power, but the FP will get really really hot. If you do go through with it, I suggest mounting a muffin fan on back of the FP to cool it down through the holes.

It's only 4 pounds. Trust me, there's better ways to lose it.

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the Fp motors the highest wattage motors we get? At least historically its been that way, however I do agree, cims are served better as drivetrain motors as they can take quite a bit of abuse and the fps have a tendency to produce the sweet aroma of magic smoke.

This is a great looking bot, I imagine you have to bring the arm back before raising it in order to stay within the 80"'s which is fine, a lot of teams are doing that including us.

This looks like a quality robot from a quality team hope we get to see some vids soon.


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