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.

[Astrokid248]

Oh no, it doesn't look like a shopping cart!
I kid, Daisy looks pretty awesome.

[Hallry]

The name sounds like a collaboration between 341 and 217 . I like it. Looks beautiful, as always. Hopefully will see you at Champs.

[Michael Corsetto]

My favorite part about this robot is how built it is for the 7 disc autonomous mode. Can't wait to see it in action, beautiful robot! California definitely has style

-Mike

[Josh Goodman]

Incredible robot design. I absolutely love this. Props to all of you! Definitely a "why didn't I think of that" moment.

Once again another beautiful machine from the Holy Cows. Can't wait to see it in action this year.

[Lil' Lavery]

Great work guys. Sweet looking machine, and I can't wait to see it with the climbing mechanism on.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you solve your potential jamming issue with the disc hopper? Just opt for gravity to work it out?

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by Jon Jack

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.

Ah, okay. I assumed I just didn't see the ones with the fans, and assumed that the fanless ones were used for other things.

[kiettyyyy]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Great work guys. Sweet looking machine, and I can't wait to see it with the climbing mechanism on.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you solve your potential jamming issue with the disc hopper? Just opt for gravity to work it out?

Thanks.

By design, the system should not jam as there should always be one disc staged up until the front roller. If that doesn't work, gravity should solve the problem

[connor.worley]

Originally Posted by R.C.

Kiet/Jon and Crew,

Great Job on the robot, this will be one of the top robots in California this year. Digging the powdercoat and innovative intake/shooter!

-RC

And the gearboxes work great too

[EricLeifermann]

You feel good about your robot after bagging it up at 11:59, then the next morning you see a team show something like this and you start to rethink your whole design/strategy... Thanks Cows really appreciate it

[EagleEngineer]

can't wait to see thunder at san diego. Amazing design.

[DaveCraig]

Simply amazing

[Basel A]

I always wait with great anticipation for that first elite robot reveal of the season. This is it. Looks brilliant. Good luck!

[ToddF]

I've been looking, and I still can't figure out how you get the disks off the floor. It's like magic. Very impressive. Good job.