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Re: pic: Wildstang 2006

Ok first off, AWESOME BOT........so efficient use of space. I'd expect people from NASA to have a hard time doing this. BRILLIANT. Well after saying that, I think I got it figured out. Ok it seems that you kept to the keep it simple stupid. Well anyways I think you have a (two small cim) 4 wheel drive (two traction (front), two omni (back)) also im betting you have a huge tank tread (powered by a minibike cim, lowered with pneumatics) to plant when shooting, to get up the ramp, and to push robots around with some good push power (directly in middle under electronics). For your ball collector (2 fisher price w/ gearbox), I think you can only pick up two balls at a time, that picture is a little misleading, after they are picked up, they are on a rack that moves them with gravity to the back of the bot where they all meet up. From there, they have an agitator or something to keep the balls from getting jamed. Then, they use a two timing belt w/ pulleys to feed the balls up to the shooter (I'm guessing they used a globe). The shooter is a single wheel with the ifi traction tread. They used a small cim. The turret is turned using the vandor.
Also, I'm amazed that from what I think, they are using almost every motor, I'm guessing there batteries would last a minute with them moving around in a match, but i guess if you do it right, you can pull a good 2 minutes out of it if you very efficient, but I wouldnt put it past them, Look at how little space they used!!

That seems to be everything. I know someone that was on Wildstang a few years ago and she let me in on some past secrets of WildStang. I have no clue if any of its right. Wildstang, I'm sorry if i exposed your robot, but this is just a guess. Good Luck To All
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