Thread: Galileo 2012!
View Single Post
  #11   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 19-04-2012, 12:21
JABot67 JABot67 is offline
Unregistered User
AKA: John Bottenberg
FRC #2930 (Sonic Squirrels)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Rookie Year: 2007
Location: Redmond, WA
Posts: 328
JABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond reputeJABot67 has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Galileo 2012!

With all the talk about wide and long bots, I almost think it's better to have one long bot to triple balance with. It is way easier to balance two wides and a long bot with a dingus/stinger than it is to balance 3 wide bots using nothing but driving skill. Keeping that in mind, it would be nice to have a list of all the robots that have a triple balance assist mechanism.'

Edit: I don't know very much about what teams have have a triple balance dingus since many probably have added them at competitions, but here's a short list (of robots that I know for sure have a dingus) that people can add on to: 25, 33, 148, 2054, 2337, 3322. 1718 has brakes on their train that stop robots from sliding around on the bridge; this turned out to be very useful for triple balancing at MSC. Wow, I don't even know if fellow Michigan teams like 1918 and 573 have these devices. Please add on to this list!
__________________
John Bottenberg - University of Michigan '14 - Microsoft
FLL Team "Dark Matter": 2003-2005
Robofest Team "Dark Matter": 2005-2008
Team 67 Programmer: 2007-2010
Team 3322 Programming Mentor: 2012-2014
Team 2930 Engineering Mentor: 2015-????

Last edited by JABot67 : 19-04-2012 at 12:27.