Forum: Extra Discussion
02-22-2016, 12:18 PM
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Re: pic: another view of Moose
The flipper doodles (will have to suggest this to the team as the new official name for them) are used to climb. Our arm goes vertical, extends up and the flipper doodles grab the rung to climb. The...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
02-21-2016, 07:26 PM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: General Forum
02-21-2016, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: Climbing
Some initial tests of our climber. This was from about a week ago. The finished thing works much better than this. It actually clears the low goal (unlike in the video) and has mechanical latches to...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
02-21-2016, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 4
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Re: pic: 2386 trojans robot moose
Here are some initial tests of our robot scaling (https://youtu.be/zNErAAf9zKQ), crossing defences (https://youtu.be/LiFjA8IR_rw) and our autonomous under the lowbar...
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Forum: General Forum
02-21-2016, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Motors
02-21-2016, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: Gear boxes
I'm not sure you'll find a gearbox more compact than the versa planetary with the same reduction options. That being said, what kind of a reduction are you looking for? And with what motor? If you're...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
02-20-2016, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 18
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Re: Low Bar Flap
I saw this happening in almost every Mach I watched of the merrimack off season which is an official first event with official field components.
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
02-20-2016, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 18
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Re: Low Bar Flap
We too found this during out practice session today and we're wondering the exact same thing. I don't feel g40-1 is applicable here as we are not holding it open.
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Forum: General Forum
02-20-2016, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,002
Re: Climbing
2386 has our climber built and ready for palmetto next week. Some fine tuning to do on the Thursday however we've been doing controlled climb tests for the past week and did our first successful...
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Forum: General Forum
02-19-2016, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 6
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Re: 775pro layer peeling off
We had a similar case with one of our 775 pro's. However with ours it arrived like this. There was a semi large section without coating slightly eating into where the numbers are.
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Forum: Electrical
02-17-2016, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 7
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Re: Mattress Pump
Yes there were teams that did that back in 2013. However a Frisbee is much light and easier to change its trajectory with a gust of air than a dense foam ball (IMO). We were concerned about how much...
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Forum: Electrical
02-17-2016, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 845
Re: Mattress Pump
We put one on our bot at world's in 2013 to make an inflatable Frisbee blocking device. It was just a craftsman bed pump we got one night at the local walmart. We swapped a 550 into it and worked...
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Forum: Electrical
02-15-2016, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 52
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Re: Losing connection when ramping over defenses
We have been experiencing this exact same issue. When we go over the defences we drop connection. We have isolated the issue to the roborio. We're still trying to figure out how to fix it. We're...
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Forum: General Forum
02-13-2016, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 15
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Re: How far are you?
It's unfortunate for us and the other canadian teams going down to palmetto thus year. We're all losing out on our last 2 days of build season. In order to make it to the competition with a little...
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Forum: NI LabVIEW
02-12-2016, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 1
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Setting up navX for use with labview
How might one go about using the navX libraries? We just got a navX and are trying to use it in labview. We downloaded and ran the installer, can open all the example projects, however are stumped as...
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Forum: General Forum
02-11-2016, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 13
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Re: How heavy are you?
Yes last year was a year for heavyweight champions however I was not referring to last year alone. I've been around FRC for 4 years (this being my 5th) and my team has been around for 8 (maybe 9?...
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Forum: General Forum
02-10-2016, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 13
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How heavy are you?
As we near the end of the build season, I am curious as to how heavy others robot are? We have been shocked at how little ours weighs in at currently (we are sitting at just under 90lbs at the...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
02-10-2016, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 13
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Re: pic: Team6025 First Robot Baby
It looks like it would be a robot for this year. The chassis looks to be either the 2015 or 2016 chassis. Seeing as last year was stacking totes, I'd be confident saying that they are using it for...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
02-09-2016, 11:05 AM
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Re: pic: MVRT's robot plan (95% done)
I can't tell specifically but if you look closely where the intake would pivot there are some gears showing. I'd imagine a versa planetary with a bag motor or similar.
There also appears to be a...
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Forum: General Forum
02-03-2016, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 8
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Re: New to Scouting
We are working on revamping our scouting this year however things that have worked well in the past for us include,
.Having one scout per robot on the field
-Have the scout record what points each...
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Forum: General Forum
01-29-2016, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 35
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Re: Where will you go during autonomous?
Were planning on having upwards of 20 different auto routines we can cycle through on the fly. They will allow us to tackle category A and B along with the lowbar and spybot. From there we can choose...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-28-2016, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,524
Re: DART linear actuator alternatives?
Although I cant say for certain if it would work as easily as ours did with the bag motor, it looks very similar in construction to the one we are using. If you were to swap the motor for a legal...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-27-2016, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 9
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Re: DART linear actuator alternatives?
I believe we were fortunate enough to just walk in and grab one. We measured the rpm of the stock motor to be 1000rpm (roughly) and I recall the subteam we have working on this saying the bag was 7...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
01-26-2016, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,524
Re: DART linear actuator alternatives?
In this thread (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142166) I mentioned the use of a linear actuator that we have successfully retrofitted with a bag motor with relative ease. Put a...
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Forum: General Forum
01-25-2016, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,364
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Their robot moves so fast that it changes colour due to the Dopler Effect. By rapidly alternating between driving away from the viewer (Redshift) and driving toward the viewer (Blueshift), they can make the viewer see it in their traditional purple colour. - philso [more] 
