Sabre Bytes 772 - 2013 - Present FLASH

[akoscielski3]

Originally Posted by JB987

Maybe the floor loader extends beyond the 54" cylinder?

yup!

Did you like my 987 shirt when I was dancing? hahaha

[Andrew Zeller]

Very slick design. Love the LEDs. My team has went with simple this year as well. Could you give me some more details about the green belt that you are using to feed frisbees into the shooter (seen in the video at 3:51)? Did you purchase it from McMaster? What about the pulleys driving it? Seems to work very well. Thanks.

Edit: Drivetrain looks like ours as well. Have you experienced wear on the tread of the Versa Wheels? Our center wheel has been wearing faster than the others causing slower turning and I am wondering if once the pointier part of the tread wears off, the larger surface area wears less. Might just have to swap center wheels at competition.

[akoscielski3]

Originally Posted by Andrew Zeller

Very slick design. Love the LEDs. My team has went with simple this year as well. Could you give me some more details about the green belt that you are using to feed frisbees into the shooter (seen in the video at 3:51)? Did you purchase it from McMaster? What about the pulleys driving it? Seems to work very well. Thanks.

Edit: Drivetrain looks like ours as well. Have you experienced wear on the tread of the Versa Wheels? Our center wheel has been wearing faster than the others causing slower turning and I am wondering if once the pointier part of the tread wears off, the larger surface area wears less. Might just have to swap center wheels at competition.

We are not using Versa Wheels, we're using Traction wheels with Hatched tread. wheels usually wear over time. Last year the pneumatic wheels 1114 had on their robot were completely flat (tread) and had no tread on them at all, so you may have to change them a few times this year to keep a great drivetrain.

The belt was made for us in 2011 (for our failed gripper) and happened to work for this design. we had a belt made for us this year but it was wide, so if it tracked it would jam. We got it made by a local manufacturer, so no it wasn't from mcmaster-carr.

ahah Thanks Joe

[lorem3k]

I was sad that we weren't going to see you at any regionals this year, but now that I've seen those LEDs, I'm a little happier about that fact. I like the frisbee advancing mechanism, very ingenious.

[akoscielski3]

When we were practicing a Frisbee fell out of our loading station and landed like this. We already had the face on it fro some reason, the frisbee just made it 10 times better.

[Ekcrbe]

I'm glad to see that we're not the only team shooting out the side. I was getting worried on Premiere Night until I saw 772. Looks slick--definitely more so than ours. Nice work.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Ekcrbe

I'm glad to see that we're not the only team shooting out the side. I was getting worried on Premiere Night until I saw 772. Looks slick--definitely more so than ours. Nice work.

3929's robot shoots from the side as well, which is what their robot's name comes from: The Stonewall Jackson (has nothing to do with the Confederates lol)

[Ekcrbe]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

3929's robot shoots from the side as well, which is what their robot's name comes from: The Stonewall Jackson (has nothing to do with the Confederates lol)

Wow. I've watched your video more than once (it's one of my favorite this year) and not noticed that.

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[JB987]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

yup!

Did you like my 987 shirt when I was dancing? hahaha

Of course! My apology, I was so focused on examining your cool bot that I stopped watching the video when the credit frames ran. Goes to show, one must see everything to see everything...