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Re: Sharing Designs
Ken is on target again!!!
We help rookie and veteran teams by sharing info. especially if it enables those who cannot otherwise complete the necessary task. For example we figured out how to modify globe motors by milling off .25" of the housing on the gearbox. We then remove the outer layer of planetary gears to increase the speed to over 400rpm. Now we tell people about this because it helps some teams who might otherwise spend many hours or even days coming up with an equivalent which might be expensive, heavier and/or bulkier.
Giving this info away doesn't put our chances in jeopardy; other teams would have to copy almost everything else we have to do that.
Having the exact same robot on different teams still has variable outcome possibilities due to the human factor and strategy. Case in point:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pictures.php?s=&action=single&picid=13260&directio n=DESC&sort=date&perrow=4&trows=3&quiet=Verbose
Here's our bot by the way.
http://media.putfile.com/Team-329-ball-pickup
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