
21-04-2011, 07:01
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Principal Engineer
AKA: Keith Buchanan
 FRC #1296 (Full Metal Jackets)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Rockwall, TX
Posts: 1,170
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Re: Minibot climb rate
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Originally Posted by AlDee
At the beginning of the build season, someone had suggested magnets and we quickly dismissed the idea, thinking with the potential weights involved, magnets would not be practical, except perhaps to hold a latching mechanism closed. As the build season progressed we experimented with many differnt concepts and prototypes. I favored a balanced approach as you describe. I found that anytime we would get close, one tweak would throw the whole thing off. When someone put together a prototype with a rare earth magnet, it became very simple. No muss no fuss, just get it to the pole and climb. That was the direction we went and it worked very well.
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I surrender and am ordering magnets from K&J to try before the off-season events!
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