How long is your arm?

[Alex Cormier]

with all these pictures of arms and such it is hard to find out how long the arm is in the picture. so i did a search and i didnt find a poll on this so im making one.

[AIBob]

Our arm is somewhere between 8 and 9 feet when fully extended, but we may limit the amount it can go out because of stability problems...

[Koko Ed]

Our arm is about over 8 feet long and extended from the top of the robot would be reach about 12 feet.

[Alex Cormier]

hmm... interesting i didn't expect another team to have the same length as our team. good job guys!

[Steve W]

Our arm is about 2 feet. There was no spot for that so I couldn't vote. Our elevator, well that's a different story.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Steve W

Our arm is about 2 feet. There was no spot for that so I couldn't vote. Our elevator, well that's a different story.

oh sorry about that. im saying overall everything strecthed out all the way.



p.s. is there a way to edit a poll?

[Spikey]

Dang I should retract my vote, I put 7, that is our arm length, but max height is 12 feet, so well whatever. Check out our arms picture its in the gallery.

[PVCMike]

in an attempt to keep our robot a secret untill we unveil it..ill just say we had to watch how high we went so we wouldnt hit the celing of the truck shop we work at. Remember, trucks are about 17 feet high...

[Brandon Holley]

Fully extended we're about 14 feet high, and VERY stable

[Jon K.]

RAGE can go about 12.5 feet, and we can do it in about 3 seconds video can be found here. http://rage173.org/video.php?catid=2...gle&videoid=15

[patTeam241]

We've got a 10 foot "elevator shaft" with a 3 foot arm coming off it (i think), so the hypotenuse is about 10-11 feet

[JMH]

Originally Posted by PVCMike

in an attempt to keep our robot a secret untill we unveil it..ill just say we had to watch how high we went so we wouldnt hit the celing of the truck shop we work at. Remember, trucks are about 17 feet high...

How in the world do you get a 17 foot arm to stay stable in the air with about 10 pounds at the end.

[MisterX]

During match play we go up to 9' on the mast (11 feet before we put in limit switches and left some room for grip) and then a 3' and change actuating arm so stright vertical we are just over 12 but we never cap straight up so in matched most we will be going total that I forsee is 11ish which is still pretty nifty

[Koko Ed]

I think people are getting carried away with having a really long arm. It doesn't mean a thing if you aren't stable. It's like being a basketball player with hops but no handle.

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I think people are getting carried away with having a really long arm. It doesn't mean a thing if you aren't stable. It's like being a basketball player with hops but no handle.

Better to have the ability to go super high, and not use it, then to lose a match because you were out-capped. Besides, stability is easily achieved through the use of outriggers.