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Does it come in black?
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Re: pic: VEXpro Drive in a Day - Final Chassis

how are chains tensioned?

It was cool watching this progress as the day went on. Great price tag too!
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Re: pic: VEXpro Drive in a Day - Final Chassis

I imagine the center to center spacing is such that an exact number of chain links can be made without the need to tension.

It is awesome to see things like this being done.
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Re: pic: VEXpro Drive in a Day - Final Chassis

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I imagine the center to center spacing is such that an exact number of chain links can be made without the need to tension.

It is awesome to see things like this being done.
Yea, I thought that too, but then i saw how close the chain on the 8wd side of the bot is to the floor and it made me a bit worried
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Re: pic: VEXpro Drive in a Day - Final Chassis

CIMs are going to look comically large on all the smaller robots this year. And look how much room the battery takes up!
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Re: pic: VEXpro Drive in a Day - Final Chassis

So I noticed the talent working this project included 2 VPs, a director, a mechnanical engineer, a marketing manager, 2 engineering interns, and 1 other intern. Being an engineering planning and cost analyst, I wondered "what would this project cost?" Specifically, if these people were to bid this as a contract, or charge it direct to the company, what would be the price tag.

Assumption: all 8 employees worked from 7:15am - 7:00 pm (11.75 hours)

The answer: Between $10,000 - $20,000
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We know that efficiency and speed increase by 17% when a material is anodized.
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The answer: Between $10,000 - $20,000
You can't put a price tag on labors of love.

The founders / owners of IFI are both committed to supporting the FRC program. Tony & Bob have made it very clear that they want us to continue doing cool things like "drive in a day" to help support the community; this is great news for people like myself and the others in our company who came in on Sunday and are HAPPY to donate our time to projects like this.

I think it is fantastic that the co-owner and CTO of a multi-million dollar international company would give up his Sunday to play with robots. It makes me proud to work here.

Also... This was one of the first design projects that I've had the chance to work on with both Bob & Raul -- it was a VERY cool experience to collaborate on such a short project with two such impressive designers.

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Looks like a great project, thanks IFI.

Care to explain the different wheel spacing on each side of the drive?
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Looks like a great project, thank IFI.

Care to explain the different wheel spacing on each side of the drive?
They built it to accommodate both 6 and 8 wheel drive designs. They wanted to test both on the prototype so they did one on each side.
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Re: pic: VEXpro Drive in a Day - Final Chassis

Does anyone have an idea when this will be available to purchase?
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Re: pic: VEXpro Drive in a Day - Final Chassis

We have it ready for purchase now!

Details on the final VEXpro Drive in a Day Chassis Kit and Accessories are available here:

http://www.vexrobotics.com/vexpro/ch...-in-a-day.html

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