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FRC #0045 (TechnoKats Robotics Team)
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: Kokomo, In
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Team #45

# of years of participation/since establishment of team? 12

# and type of motors? 2 Drill, 2 CIM

# and type of drive wheels? one belt/drive pully per side, tank style

# and type of non-drive wheels? ....about 6/7 idlers per side

Transfer system(chains, belts, etc.)? direct drive, gears

Transmission (not including supplied ones)? 2 custom shift-on-the-fly

Steering? Skid steering

Sensors? 4 light sensors for autonomous to tell us when we reached the HDPE

Success? won wm under the wing of 292...had hindering reliability problems the rest of the season

Problems? Gears breaking, shift-shaft broke, controller reseting, victors frying, auto-mode...etc...etc...lol not fun!

Next year? you'll just have to wait and see...try to guess!
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Austin Butler| Mac Addict | Purdue AAE | President, Sigma Gamma Tau | ENS USN/Student Naval Aviator
2002-2005 driver | 2004 Lead Mechanical | 2004-2005 Co-Student Leader | TechnoKats Robotics Team 45

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Last edited by Austin : 24-04-2003 at 15:33.