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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley
I will gather the calculations and show them, they are quite simple.
We based them off of the youtube video on Bridges. They explain about using 2 batteries to test your own bridge to mimic the dynamics of the field.
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Ah ok, I thought it was based on your bridge. I did the calcs off the video as well. We'll test on our bridge (when it gets done...). You're right, I think the next-best thing is Manchester data.
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Originally Posted by longhorns1771
do you mind elaborating about driving at it with a 45deg angle plate?
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45deg is a semi-arbitrary starting point (which I think is probably incorrect). We're testing what happens when you tilt a plate that starts inside the bumper perimeter out to some angle and drive into the bridge. We're considering any time of active conveyance on the front as well, not sure without a bridge to test on.
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Originally Posted by EngiGirl1053
My team thought of doing this too, but because of the location of the bumpers, it isn't possible: the bumpers would have to be above the height of the brige (12") to be able to go at it with an angled plate, when their max height is 10". They get in the way, it can't be done.
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Untrue. You need only to put the plate where the bumpers are not, i.e. 8" in from the nearest exterior vertexesm and ensure the plate doesn't run the bridge into the bumpers (again, 45deg is a pre-analysis & testing arbitrary initial guess)