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Re: pic: 1504 The Desperate Penguins
TO answer few questions:
1. How do you aactuate the ramps?
There are two pistons, one for the ramps and one for the platforms. The first piston (for the ramps) is located on the center of the chassis. When it releases, two cables are then released and slip through a small hole in the platform, allowing the ramps (assissted by spring loaded hinges)to unfold. The second piston, for the platforms, is located on the boom of the arm. it pushes the "locks" for the platforms up, allowing the ramps (assisted by spring loaded hinges) to fall to the ground.
as a side note, the feet deploy when the ramp is unfolded.
2. are those ramps going to slow you down, or be a problem when you are competing?
As of this moment, the ramps dont slow us down much at all. They raise our center of gravity a tad, but we think its worth the 60 points.
3.I like the color scheme, reminds me of a giant penguin ;P
This wasn't a question, but i will adress it anyways. We decided that this year, we should paint the robot. It wasn't easy to find time to paint (and let it dry), but we like the end result. We were going to the penguin look, and im glad to hear that it resembles that.
Thanks for the comments and please feel free to ask more.
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