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Re: 2009 Rah Cha Cha Ruckus Vex Challenge: Vertigo!
How wide are the platforms? Can a robot be touching the platform and a ramp and still get the bonus? What is the approximate angle of the ramp to the floor?
I've got a TON of ideas, and am working through eliminating many of them. Rejected ideas include a Vex ball helix (faux archimedes screw), which although totally awesome would be needlessly complex, and some kind of delivery system with an "elevator" to raise and lower one ball at a time to the right height.
I initially thought it would be a huge challenge to make a bar hanger design work, but looking at it, there's multiple ways to approach it that all seem to work, possibly with even a single jointed rotating arm, linear slide kit, and the like. Once I figure out if a kind of drivetrain is ramp-capable, I think I'm ready to prototype.
Now I just need a job to get my own personal Vex parts.
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