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Re: What's the biggest fix you've had to do in between matches?
This happened after being picked for elims at Orlando. We had a JVN style shooter with a "choo-choo" linkage. We had an issue because after about two regionals worth of use and some misuse and over-tensioning the shooter. We broke teeth off of our 48 tooth geat that we had machined to fit perfectly onto the end of our cantilevered shaft. So in effect our shooter not only didn't work right in our last qualifying match it also meant that it wouldn't fire in autonomous very reliably either.
We didn't have a backup gear or the required mill, and lathe to do the job.
However, our alliance captain (1592) apparently had the exact same gear made for the Versaframe and then SPAM (180) had the machining power we needed...right in their pit. So they assisted us in the machining of a new gear and in less than half and hour we had a perfectly functioning machine again. That never missed a shot in the elimination rounds at Orlando.
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John Fogarty
2010 FTC World Championship Winner & 2013-2014 FRC Orlando Regional Winner
Mentor FRC Team 1102 M'Aiken Magic
"Head Bot Coach" FTC Team 11444 Garnet Squadron
Former Student & Mentor FLL 1102, FTC 1102 & FTC 3864, FRC 1772, FRC 5632, FRC 4901
2013 FTC World Championship Guest Speaker
Last edited by JohnFogarty : 15-04-2014 at 00:15.
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