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FRC #3044 (OxBE4)
Team Role: Programmer
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Ballston Spa
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Team 3044's 2013 Robot!

BALLSTON SPA HIGH SCHOOL
FIRST Robotics Team 3044: 0xBe4

introduces “unorthod0x”





Benefits
• Agile for offense or defense
• High scoring
• Versatile
• Thorough pit and stand scouting
• Efficient strategy


Climber
• 100:1 gear reduction CIM motor
• Spin cable pulls robot up and down
• Climbs on corner
• Automatic built in safety feature to prevent falling
• 15 second climb to 10 points
• Scissor-jack mechanism tips robot prior to ascent

Programming
• Tach feedback control
• 4-primary shooting speeds
• 2-primary shooting positions (adjustable on field)
• 3 discs in autonomous mode

Chassis
• 111.Ύ” perimeter
• >11 ft/sec speed
• Rubber treaded 8” wheels
• Belt driven-Tank Drive
• All welded aluminum tubing chassis

Shooter
• Straight shooter
• 2 pneumatic wheels with spin control
• Belt driven by 2 mini CIMs
• Square hopper with guided disc inlet
• Shoot right side up or upside down
• Elevation adjustment (0°-40° range)
• PID speed control

Good luck everyone! See you at the WPI Regional.
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Off to WPI!
Go OxBE4

Last edited by Herbblood : 02-03-2013 at 18:27.