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Forum: General Forum 03-05-2015, 21:54
Replies: 117
Views: 17,544
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: Follow up: Class of 2015, Where Are You Going?

Embry Riddle Daytona Beach - Mechanical Engineering
Forum: College Teams 27-04-2015, 18:41
Replies: 5
Views: 3,069
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: Daytona Beach FRC Team

Being apart of 2152 could be really cool and frankly easier but I will not have a car on campus so I would have to figure that out.
Forum: College Teams 27-04-2015, 16:32
Replies: 5
Views: 3,069
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Daytona Beach FRC Team

Recently I committed to Embry Riddle Daytona Beach and sadly there are no local FRC teams that I know of. I started team 5107 last year which hooked me on FRC and I am not ready to give it up. I have...
Forum: Extra Discussion 17-04-2015, 11:08
Replies: 5
Views: 1,880
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: pic: 469 2015 MSC

If your canburglar is not nicknamed "the scythes" you are doing it wrong.
Forum: Motors 09-03-2015, 00:15
Replies: 28
Views: 3,876
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: gear box for Denso throttle motor

I 100% agree with you. I was addressing those questioning the practicality of this project and not recommending features or design approaches.
Forum: Motors 07-03-2015, 14:44
Replies: 28
Views: 3,876
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: gear box for Denso throttle motor

Okay so I am going to throw my $0.02 into this. Who cares about the practicality or the possible future uses of this gearbox, for this motor. A student saw a problem and would like to solve it to see...
Forum: Extra Discussion 11-02-2015, 20:18
Replies: 11
Views: 2,643
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: pic: FRC3880 - Tiki Techs - Electronics Board

4 talon SRX's sounds like a mecanum drive to me. Looks very nice guys.
Forum: Pneumatics 02-02-2015, 14:30
Replies: 4
Views: 846
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Strength of springs in Bimba single action cylinders

While waiting for Bimba to fulfill my teams order of single action (spring return) cylinders I was wonder what is the force of the spring in the cylinder? Is it just enough to push the rod back into...
Forum: Technical Discussion 25-01-2015, 18:15
Replies: 24
Views: 3,732
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: Mecanum wheels under varying loads

A set of idler wheels...So you have your regular 4 wheel mecanum drive but you add non powered omniwheels of the same size in between the two. That is what I got from it at least. I dont get the...
Forum: Technical Discussion 18-01-2015, 12:50
Replies: 11
Views: 2,543
Posted By Dr.Gusta
The year robots stand still

Everyone is calling this the year of the mecanum wheel but to me that sounds like teams who are not prepared to program for mecanums are going to use them and end up not moving much. What do you guys...
Forum: Pneumatics 13-01-2015, 02:08
Replies: 5
Views: 1,499
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Bigger Compressor

As my team and I do more and more research into making a reliable pneumatic system because our robot will rely heavily on pneumatics we realised the "stock" compressor kinda sucks. I know there is...
Forum: Pneumatics 12-01-2015, 14:17
Replies: 15
Views: 2,232
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Number of Pneumatic Air Tanks

My team does not have much experience with pneumatics and this year we are planning to have pneumatics play a major part in our robots function. We are planning on using four 5/16" bore and 14"...
Forum: Extra Discussion 12-01-2015, 00:37
Replies: 6
Views: 3,158
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: pic: Sometimes you need to take a break and you miss

Hey it was a late night the night before and people were working on the tables so the floor was the only option. I guess I could of made a bed out of the litter lol.
Forum: Technical Discussion 09-01-2015, 15:49
Replies: 16
Views: 2,700
Posted By Dr.Gusta
VEXPro Mecanum Wheels

My team this year has decided on mecanum wheels and after some research AndyMark wheels seemed to be the obvious choice if your team had the money, which we do. Sadly other teams seemed to have come...
Forum: Pneumatics 07-01-2015, 11:06
Replies: 10
Views: 2,095
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Vaccum System

My team is seriously looking at the use of a vaccum cup on our robot this year but I will not go into detail exactly how. After research we know we can use a COTS vaccum pump simply retrofitted with...
Forum: Extra Discussion 12-12-2014, 07:41
Replies: 28
Views: 5,835
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: pic: Team 1511 Prototype Drivebase Mk. II

Everyone seems to be hitting the major issues but my other gripe is the lack of radius on your pockets. Adding a radius will make it stronger, make it look nicer, and make it easier to manufacture...
Forum: General Forum 12-12-2014, 00:13
Replies: 11
Views: 3,328
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: "Water Game" Posts

The game that must not be named
Forum: Technical Discussion 11-12-2014, 00:36
Replies: 27
Views: 5,696
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: A small CNC mill for parts, prototypes, electronics. . .

It seems quite expensive what advantages would it have over a retrofitted bridgeport machine, well besides the portability lol.
Forum: Extra Discussion 03-12-2014, 00:59
Replies: 22
Views: 5,937
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: pic: Orion is Go for Launch

Anyone who questions the value of FIRST I am going to just show them this picture, flip a table, then walk away. We send stuffs to space!
Forum: General Forum 02-12-2014, 00:45
Replies: 12
Views: 2,408
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: Center Wheel Drop?

We are using the AndyMark 4in high grip wheels http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2256.htm

Drive Base is 25in wide x 30in long

Taking the center of the wheel and moving it down 3/16in
Forum: General Forum 02-12-2014, 00:28
Replies: 12
Views: 2,408
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Center Wheel Drop?

I have almost finished CAD for my teams drive base and have been able to figure out everything out from other CD posts but I put a 3/16th inch center wheel drop. As I finish up CAD I am starting to...
Forum: Extra Discussion 01-12-2014, 10:44
Replies: 30
Views: 7,090
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: pic: Finally Done!

Yes the CIMs can be removed without disassembling the entire box.
Forum: Extra Discussion 30-11-2014, 22:41
Replies: 30
Views: 7,090
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: pic: Finally Done!

I just finished re gearing the 3rd stage and it now has a predicted 17.10fps High and 7.54fps Low. I like the idea of adding some reduction in the bevel gear but the whole box was designed around...
Forum: Extra Discussion 30-11-2014, 19:26
Replies: 30
Views: 7,090
Posted By Dr.Gusta
Re: pic: Finally Done!

Was gone for most of the day today after posting this last night and was very shocked to see how popular this was. I am first going to 3D printing, all of that discussion was all for not because my...
Forum: Extra Discussion 30-11-2014, 01:31
Replies: 30
Views: 7,090
Posted By Dr.Gusta
pic: Finally Done!

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