95 decided we wanted something a bit more flashy and functional in our cart (or war wagon as its called here). It was quickly decided it had to be powered.
Over the fall a wood from was built (complete with a really neato lift to allow easy acceses to the underside of the bot and drive motors) along with boxes for tools. By the time that was finished, the season started and we had to put it on the back burner.
After we shipped the bot, work resumed on the wagon. A pallet jack set up was used for the wheels (two fixed wheels and one center mounted wheel in the back that pivots to change direction). The drive motors were two old vandoor motors hooked up to a unused control system and old battery. A single joystick was the only control (tank steering on the the two powered wheels). Even had a nice suspension. Not only was it strong enough to move the bot and tools around, but a driver could stand on a fold out metal plate in the back and ride it around.
When we got to NJ, we found out that it bearly fit through the gym doors, and was to fast to ride in the pit. So we just walked behind it while controling it.
Unfourtantly, we had to take the controler out of it for use in an older bot (for demos and such) after nats , so its just collecting dust for the time being. For the summer games, we just used our practice strecher.
At least it was fun making the thing (riding it was even better!)....
-Andy
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