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Re: pic: The Beginings of a Vex-Legal Space Elevator

After recieving a bunch of alpha-prototype parts from VexLabs/IFI for testing and feedback, I thought that I would create something cool. So out with my old single stage elevator on my Vex robot, and in with a multi-stage elevator using the new pieces. Right now it is only two-stage elevator with a maximum extended height of 55 1/2 inches. The elevator works very well so I may increase it to a three-stage elevator.

Also, the center of gravity is still so low on that robot, that even with a tetra on it almost five feet off the ground, it still won't tip over - even when going from full forward to full reverse immediately.

EDIT: Actually, I was three PWM cables short until I my father found one in the bottom of his laptop case. So the limit switches on the arm are useless, because three-foot PWM cables I used are about two-feet too short now.

Here are some more pictures I took outside this morning:







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