pic: Team 190's new robot
 

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haha, like the top. How fast does it go?

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top speed is around 14-15fps. Not blisteringly fast, but good enough to get 9-10 laps a match

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Darn blue shells...

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Hmm,

It looks alot smaller then 102's Orion... I wonder which of the 2 can do my laps :P


I'd like to see those 2 go at it for 2:20 :D.

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how much does that? weigh? dimensions?

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Robot Specs:

Bare weight: 25 lbs

Operational weight (With battery and bumpers): 39 lbs

Dimensions (without bumpers): 14" x 22"

Drivetrain: RWD, 2 8" skyway wheels with roughtop, direct drive from toughboxes, 1 CIM per side. Front wheels are 5" custom omnis

Top Speed: 15fps

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oh man mario kart brings back some memories


u should have put a yoshi doll on it

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Orion is 13x16

And I'd love to see those 2 bots go at it... gonna turn Orion into Yoshi :p haha

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Team 2016 would join in with 11 laps both at Chesapeak and in Atlanta. Came in second behind Orion at Centenial Park too........

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I just purchased an old N64 and Mario Cart 64 just about two weeks earlier. I almost fell over when I saw that at Bash. Considering how well it did, I would say it was true to form.

Oh, and you guys should install 2 more CIMs for River Rage.

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What happens when it hits the #1 seed?

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We were thinking about adding two more CIM's, but right now we are basically traction limited as far as acceleration is concerned. Also, the gearing for the Toughbox makes is such that an extra CIM per side will only improve our acceleration slightly, and our top speed even less.

Since there were no seeds at Bash, we will have to see what happens at River Rage :).

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what do you mean skyway wheel with roughtop did you remove the grey rubber stuff and put tread on it?

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Sort of. We added added a high-traction material to the edge of the wheel. Because there's practically no weight on the rear wheels and that the Skyway wheels have a very low coefficient of friction, we had some huge traction issues. While it was cool to have the robot do donuts and drifts all the time, it made it almost impossible to turn effectively.

To add the tread, we practiced with the robot until there was a flat edge on the top of the wheel (if you are doing this at home, I would do this with a lathe). We then drilled an 1/8 inch pilot hole through the tread and the wheel, then fastened it with a drywall screw into the wheel's rim. If you want to do this, insert screws on alternate sides of the wheel at about 30 degrees apart.