Thread: Designing a climbing mechanism for 2013... a humbling experience
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Re: Designing a climbing mechanism for 2013... a humbling experience
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Originally Posted by pfreivald View Post
I'd be curious to see a pneumatic solution. It seems to me that the air charge necessary -- even with mechanical assist -- is prohibitive. (That said, I'm a particle physicist by training, not a mechanical engineer, and every year I'm amazed at some (much) of the things I see in FIRST.)
Yeah - we thought we had a good algorithm using pneumatics but after calculating the air required went back to the drawing board. Our mentors are mostly EEs, we feel similarly challenged. Climbing within the rules is a daunting task!

We are now thinking of slaloming up the corner powered by a couple CIMS at 43:3, a modified rack & pinion setup and something looking like skis with a hook on the end.
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