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Re: Official Ultimate Ascent Thread!
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Originally Posted by F22Rapture
This is true.
Gravity is a cruel mistress. 100-130 pounds (gotta include the battery) falling from 12 inches is easily enough to do some serious damage to aluminum frames (or any frames, really) let alone 45, 55, 65 inches.
I can only imagine the nightmare of having a West Coast Drivetrain fall and shear off a wheel or two, bend the axles and potentially even damage the chassis itself.
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most definitely. Actually, our team calculated that the robot would be closer to 140. 10 lbs for bumpers, 10 for battery. Also, 10 points really isn't THAT much. 20 may be enough to swing a match.
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The higher I go up, the the faster the best times in my life (like build season) pass...so sad.
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