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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I know 1388's gyro weighed about 11 or 12 pounds and was maybe 12 or 14 inches in diameter. It spun at about 2000 rpm. They demonstrated it for me while sitting on their cart, and it was able to jerk the cart left and right considerably. I'd definitely say it had some considerable effect.
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yeah those numbers are just about right
our gyro actually did have a considerable effect on driving the robot, when being chased by another bot we were able to literally flip a 180 degree turn and then keep driving backwards with ease, it really did help a ton with defensive driving. demonstrating that thing in the pits was fun, it's so loud that every time you turn it on it get's quite a bit of attention
too bad the motor that tilts it broke right before the last match in the finals at San Diego, with it our alliance would have had a greater chance at winning.. (that was the closest our team has gotten to winning in our 6 years ^_^ so i'm still stoked at how well we did.)