30pt climb under 15 seconds

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22-01-2013, 14:59

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Re: 30pt climb under 15 seconds

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Originally Posted by mikegrundvig

As the compressor is slow, so we will be storing a ton of air on the robot initially to power the cylinders the entire way.

That's a lot of air! It'll be impressive to see at the very least.

We entertained the idea of a climbing-only 50-point robot that did everything with stored elastic energy. It's well doable given the design constraints, but we want to be able to shoot, too...

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