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Unread 10-02-2008, 16:35
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Re: Robot Drag Racing

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Originally Posted by Josh Goodman View Post
I don't know about radio range though.
Well, it might work if you mounted the radios in a 'candelabra' half way down the field on a tripod like at regionals... maybe...

then again the radios have trouble working 15 ft away let alone 50. Try some MaxStream ZigBee radios. That should do the trick.

Hmm... in the 40' sprint I put good money on our robot... auto shifter...

Then again, it wouldn't really be that exciting of a race, since most teams have a maximum of four CIMs in their transmission it would come down to who's geared their robots to the sweetest points on the CIMs power curves, unless someone made a gearbox that allowed some banebots/FP motors to contribute torque as well, or made their robot less than 120lb.

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