View Single Post
  #2   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 01-02-2012, 16:16
jon-s's Avatar
jon-s jon-s is offline
Lead Designer
FRC #3335
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: Houston,Tx
Posts: 27
jon-s is an unknown quantity at this point
Re: Pit/Robot Carts?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nicole175 View Post
A scissor lift allows the robot to be lifted to a height where the bottom of the robot is easily accessible. The cart holds the robot up by its frame so wheels/chains can be changed easily.
The scissor jack would need to be braced though, because it has very little rigidity. The motor pushing the scissor jack would need to be fairly strong (more than strong enough to lift 120+lb with very bad leverage).
__________________
Jon. S