Team 1538 Proudly Presents: Daisy Thunder

[Jon Jack]

Originally Posted by stevend1994

Very beautiful robot, I can't wait to watch it compete; really wish I could see this in person. Love the custom painted performance wheels


Also, any particular reason there are no fans on the Talons-as it seems like you are using all Talons.

We have fans on the four talons used on the drivetrain because those are under the most continuous load. The 550 motors on the intake and loader draw very little current, even under load, so we felt no need to put fans on those 4 talons. The shooter motors only see brief spikes in current when a disc is being shot, otherwise they draw almost nothing. The arm is powered by 2 CIM motors, but it also does not see enough continuous load to justify putting fans on the talons. After 5 minutes of driving and shooting the talons on the arm barely start to warm up.

So far we've been thrilled with the Talons.