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now that the pneumatics team has completed it's design we can open the flailer on the hinge and raise it up in one motion at the very beginning of auton mode. the downward force of the opening second half and the up force from the pneumatics nearly offset. we have added a couple of attachments that help. a "lazy suzan" type thing that keeps it level (so it stays off the plexi wall) and some things that help so we don't hit all the boxes at once (definately twisted a 1/2" steel rod trying that). thank god for the two day extention or we'd be fixin it in virginia in march.
"Is it top heavy?" You'd better believe it. Don't expect us to get in any fights on the ramp.
"The wings may be taken off at a competition" Quote from team captain in response to wings earlier this week..."Either I take them off right now or the robots in the other alliance in our first match takes them off in Richmond." They're gone. They were really an afterthought. We have two basic functions. Flail and follow other robot up the ramp. Then park.
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Collin Fultz
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