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Originally Posted by ShadathChow
We are having the hardest time of angling and creating a working El Toro intake. I would like to know at what angle and length of PVC is optimal for ball pickup. We have been trying to perfect it since Week 3, but no chance.
Currently our setup for the intake is a 1/2" PVC wrapped in the Red Natural Rubber from McMaster Carr. We currently use a 10:1 Versaplanetary Gearbox on a BAG motor. We are willing to change the Gearbox but do not know which Gears are optimal for intake. On Team 148's robot they used a Versplanetary Gearbox with BAG motor, but do not know what the gearing is for that. Also, the wrapping of the material confuses me because I'm not sure if it supposed to be wrapped tight or loose, stretched or not stretched. I was told to clean the intake once in a while, how exactly do I do that with? Soap 
Help with this would be GREATLY appreciated. |
So our team went with the el Toro design with great success as you we started with pvc but that failed for us, so we switched to 1/2 aluminum round which we clamp on a fabricated mount, then that mount in connected to the shaft of a pg71 gear motor. at the end of the aluminum rod we have a banebot wheel attached to the end, with another bane bot wheels 9 inches from the top. the sticks extends exactly 20" off from the frame at its lowest point. and the sticks are actuated by a pg 27 gear motor. we have limit switches at both the top and bottom of the sticks to stop it at curtain points so that we don't go down to far, or up to far. we have surgical tubing wrapped around the sticks for tension and even when they are hit and bent by another robot they still can pick up off the ground, we make about 4 spares for every competition but only changed them twice at each take 2 second to change you loosen the clam and take it out. There are numerous videos of our ball pick up linked to the blue alliance. just search team 716.
if there is anything else don't hesitates we are very pleased with how our design came out