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Hi again,
I think everyone needs to thank Brandon M. & Delphi for Letting Us use these forums. Please don't forget them in your next posts. Dan L.(247) has an interesting point about declines/inclines (something I missed) add to that holes, (how deep?) washes, (How deep/steep/wide and whats the other side look like?) Water (how deep/wide/whats the bottom look like?) Rocks (how big/high/whats behind it?) these are the type of Questions We (and the Truck) have to ask. AND ANSWER! The sooner the better for the Team With in Seconds/ at the most, Minutes for the Truck! ( Plus "where am I??", "where do I have to go?", And how do I get there?") Paul Mentioned ultrasonic sensors, Banner Engineering makes line of measurement sensors with a 10' range could we gang a bank of these to "draw" a picture of the area? Something On this line would go a ways in answering some of the questions. Dose anyone have any experience in this field? How about a Mentor or (gasp!) parent? Come-on someone knows about SONAR ARRAYS Lets Pick some BRAINS! One of our biggest ADVANTAGES over other teams is the network that we can create thou our participation in FIRST! if you notice I keep referring to the vehicle as a "Truck" all thou other forms may be advantageous(custom chassis,tank treads etc.) the most practical thing is a Truck, Being out in the dessert, there is a lot of time spent building sand rails, rock hoppers, trucks, bikes, and other toys. I will post some pictures of TWO recently completed projects soon. I am under no delusions about how much work a project like this is. or how much money it takes. (a Good rail is about $35,000 from the ground up.) And for this contest we will in all likelihood build 2 trucks One just for testing (it will get Hammered!) and one for the race. I am hopping to get the trucks donated, But we have to show the Sponsors Something! (See earlier posts) Please visit this web site to get an idea of the machine shop backing we have available, Please go to http://www.laron.com (sorry, I don't know how to make a link) Please keep adding your IDEAS Please keep posting Please ask people that might like to help this program please recruit Geo. P.S. As for meetings, how about FIRST events? If we spend the time (WISELY) from now to the first race getting organized, we could meet at nationals, I will try to bring a vi-do of the run, And this gives us about a year to build & test for 2005. THINK, and have FUN! |
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