Suction is bad. We rejected suction the first day we decided to do King of the Hill because I knew by forum that the HDPE will be in varying conditions. We have this ghettoriffic thing so that a pair of pneumatic pumps with metal plates with rubber lift us off from the ground, thus having a completely stationary 'bot. Ours is built to be approx. 120 inches (10ft) long, and the actual bot is only 48". So it's not likely that we're going to be spun, that's 130 pounds of communist wall you're trying to move, with 48x10 inches of traction, my friend.
This is the most difficult bot to make I beleive, because though most bots need to work well and stay durable to some extent, we need to take the beating of two machines for a full 90 seconds. And we need to get up there first with a really fast drive, or else it just doesn't work.
On top of that, there are going to be plenty of low-riders that will go under the pipe, or have a crazy design that can go over the pipe, as well as other low-rider blockers (that's us).
How many weeks into build season has it been? 4? 5?
