How is your team pushing the bridge down?

[Ross3098]

In the demo video, it took two batteries at one side to make the bridge fall.

Not a lot of force is needed to push it down.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Ross3098

In the demo video, it took two batteries at one side to make the bridge fall.

Not a lot of force is needed to push it down.

Tend to agree. We just built ours.

[Taylor]

We've got some competing ideas about floor loaders, but one of them could be a pivoting arm that could also be used to push down the bridge, sort of like the redabot that gets pushed around by Dozer in the animation.

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by Siri

I take it that's a directly downward force vector? Do you have your calculations? We're looking at driving at it with a 45deg angle plate (and our bridge isn't done yet).

I know this wasn't addressed to me, but I felt compelled to link my response in another thread about the difference between the home-made bridges and the actual competition bridges:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...7&postcount=52

[RaMoore]

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

Somewhat related sidenote: I will almost guarantee that when you build your bridge it will require tweaking to mimic FIRSTs video.

Brandon, can you update us on any best practices for the required modifications? What kinds of things have you tried doing to the bridges to make them better mimic the competition bridge?

[R.Irick]

Originally Posted by ZehP

Check the Field Drawings for info on the dimensions of all of the field parts.

THANKS!

So, it appears to be roughly between 10 and 18lbs of force from the end of the bridge?

My team will try to construct one, thanks for the info!

[Nikkocharger]

What about this? My team is planning on adopting a variation of it.