Elevated on the platform...First time?

[Lee Reid 3136]

In Qualification #95 of the Virginia Regional, my team (3136) drove up our alliance-mate's (Kilroy-335) ramp-bot on to the platform scoring two points. Is this the first time this has been done in Breakaway?

[McVey]

Originally Posted by Lee Reid 3136

In Qualification #95 of the Virginia Regional, my team (3136) drove up our alliance-mate's (Kilroy-335) ramp-bot on to the platform scoring two points. Is this the first time this has been done in Breakaway?

Hey there, I'm from team 339 "Kilroy" and am excited to give your team a massive thanks for not only trying out our ramp, but successfully climbing it! It seems like every time we found a team who was willing to try our ramp, they broke down somewhere. For a while I was beginning to worry that our ramp was cursed or something - lots of people wanted to try, but they all went through some horrid robot or field failure before finally getting the opportunity to.

All of that said, you are indeed the first to climb our ramp specifically and at the two regional competitions I went to (Washington DC and Virginia) I didn't see this sort of strategy ever work for other teams, so we may perhaps have a first? I'd really like to hear some confirmation on this. On the bus ride home my entire team was geeking out about that round and wanted desperately to get in contact with you guys to say thanks for putting our hard work to use. You guys were excellent teammates! We're still trying to collect photos from the event and I'll post once I can find a good one with our two robots in there.

[jwuyhs]

It was an amazing endgame! I got to see the end of the match when 3136 was on the platform, but I didn't get to see the actual whole match. Good job to both of your teams!

[Rion Atkinson]

With all this talk of ramps, lets hope that a soccer ball doesn't cause a repeat of '07.

[Travis Hoffman]

Next up...the first double ramp elevation.

[Nigel]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Next up...the first double ramp elevation.

i was actually thinking earlier today about if that was possible x)

[The Lucas]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Next up...the first double ramp elevation.

Is that a prediction?
If so let's hope the Buckeye scheduler gives 48 and another bot that can climb (or that 48 can push) a match with 1629's ramps. I'd love to see it. GaCo just got those ramps under the weight limit later in qualifications at Chesapeake. Seen them deployed but none really tried to climb 'em. However it should be easy enough (less than incline of bump + grip tape )
Make it happen, Travis!

[Travis Hoffman]

Originally Posted by The Lucas

Is that a prediction?
If so let's hope the Buckeye scheduler gives 48 and another bot that can climb (or that 48 can push) a match with 1629's ramps. I'd love to see it. GaCo just got those ramps under the weight limit later in qualifications at Chesapeake. Seen them deployed but none really tried to climb 'em. However it should be easy enough (less than incline of bump + grip tape )
Make it happen, Travis!

We'd gladly serve as one of the elevated. I wasn't talking about 1629, either. This one's a tunnel bot.

With 1629's added competition, a double elevation is even more of a certainty at Buckeye.

[Hadi379]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

We'd gladly serve as one of the elevated. I wasn't talking about 1629, either. This one's a tunnel bot.

With 1629's added competition, a double elevation is even more of a certainty at Buckeye.

Hmmm...I wonder who you could be talking about Travis, lol.

[Martinez]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

We'd gladly serve as one of the elevated. I wasn't talking about 1629, either. This one's a tunnel bot.

With 1629's added competition, a double elevation is even more of a certainty at Buckeye.

2053 has a ramp as well and we hope to use it at Buckeye. It wasn't deployable at Rochester because when we got the field and it was a 17.5" tunnel instead of the 18" stated in the manuel. Hopefully *knock on wood* all our Mods are fixed and ready to go!

[JB987]

Originally Posted by Formerly Famous

With all this talk of ramps, lets hope that a soccer ball doesn't cause a repeat of '07.

Or...let's hope it does again

[Creator Mat]

video please?

[McVey]

Originally Posted by Creator Mat

video please?

I'll have photos here eventually, as far as videos go I'll have to see if anyone on my team took one if there's nothing from other alliance members. Otherwise, wait on TheBlueAlliance.

[Lee Reid 3136]

Originally Posted by McVey

Hey there, I'm from team 339 "Kilroy" and am excited to give your team a massive thanks for not only trying out our ramp, but successfully climbing it! It seems like every time we found a team who was willing to try our ramp, they broke down somewhere. For a while I was beginning to worry that our ramp was cursed or something - lots of people wanted to try, but they all went through some horrid robot or field failure before finally getting the opportunity to.

All of that said, you are indeed the first to climb our ramp specifically and at the two regional competitions I went to (Washington DC and Virginia) I didn't see this sort of strategy ever work for other teams, so we may perhaps have a first? I'd really like to hear some confirmation on this. On the bus ride home my entire team was geeking out about that round and wanted desperately to get in contact with you guys to say thanks for putting our hard work to use. You guys were excellent teammates! We're still trying to collect photos from the event and I'll post once I can find a good one with our two robots in there.

Thank you guys! We really, really wanted to go up a ramp bot. Major props need to go to our driver Kevin. He hit your ramp perfectly. I've looking pretty closely a some of the pictures and he had to. If our wheels were about inch farther apart, we would have been drive on the metal guard rails of your ramp and we probably would have fallen off.

This accomplish is as much yours as it is ours. It was your bot, your ramp. We were just in the right place at the right time. I don't know if you know but originally team 1095 was going to go up the ramp but they got caught on the wrong side of the field at the finally.

It was an awesome experience and both of our teams should feel pretty awesome about it. On a related side note: I still don't completely have my voice back from yelling after the end of that match.

Here is some pictures: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...150#post940150

[Zach O]

No video, however someone posted a picture.
Edit: Another from the side