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Team 571
3rd year team
2x drills, 2x chippy
2x 8 inch pneumatic wheels
All chain drive
All chain transmission (no shifting)
Tank steering
no sensors
success: Very Fast (12ft/sec) but slightly underpowered, reasonably successful (always in the finals at regionals and championships, ranked 3rd at UTC)
problems: we initially had problems with the chains popping off, but we fixed those by pinning the adjusting mechanism in place.
next year - we're ditching the chain, gonna try to do a complete gear drive train. Plans for a 4 motor, 2 speed on the fly tranny are in the works.
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...What is a man,
If the chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep, and tool? A nerd, no more.
2004 UTC New England #2 seed
2004 UTC New England Champions with 716 & 230
2004 Archimedes #2 seed, undeafeated in Qualifiers (for what its worth)
Jake
Team Paragon #571
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