Chief Delphi - pic: Jake Blues Front

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Chief Delphi (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/index.php)

- Extra Discussion (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=68)

- - pic: Jake Blues Front (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=75305)

Rich Kressly

02-03-2009 09:02

Re: pic: Jake Blues Front

Quote:

Originally Posted by Protronie (Post 830079)

Okay... a fan drive bot. Kewl!
Congrats on the wins and build such a tough bot to beat.
Good luck with the rest of the season!
-p :cool:

Not entirely fan driven. 45 has an excellent and robust "regular" drive system as well. The fan is used during the match when quickness and precise turning are necessary - which was quite frequently during elimination matches. As Sean said earlier, simply too strong and maneuverable for most at the DC Regional to play head-to-head against.

Mr MOE

02-03-2009 10:21

Re: pic: Jake Blues Front

Awesome bot and a great bot to watch on the Regolith! Fast, powerful, and manueverable - the Kats came up with a great solution for Lunacy. Best of luck (if you need it) over the rest of the season.

Alan Anderson

02-03-2009 12:02

Re: pic: Jake Blues Front

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly (Post 830152)

The fan is used during the match when quickness and precise turning are necessary - which was quite frequently during elimination matches.

There's another important time where quickness is imperative -- the first few seconds of a match. Even with the time it takes to spin up to full thrust, the extra boost from the propeller gets the TechnoKats' robot out of easy targeting range in a jiffy. I haven't gone over the video yet, but I don't think I ever saw more than two moon rocks thrown into Jake's trailer during autonomous, and it seemed that half the time the trailer was empty until well into teleoperated.

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