Michigan State Championship

[Adam Freeman]

Originally Posted by hiyou102

I bet 67 is really regretting being a short full court right now.

No we are not regretting that decisions. It would make shooting 60" robot easier, but it would caused a lot of other problems for us. The biggest being, it would really mess with our ability to climb.

Other than the apparent reliability issues that showed up in the elims (see below), I am extremely satisfied with the design of our robot.

Issues:
- Frisbee caught in drive, bent a drive sprocket. Started throwing chains.
- Ran with only 1/2 of the right side drive for a couple of matches.
- Then the other half of the drive chain came off. We think the output shaft on the ball shifter was somehow getting pushed pushed in and misaligning the drive sprockets, causing the chains to come off.

- Shooter jammed in the last match. Just a fluke issue that shut us down. We probably shot between 500 -1000 shots this weekend, and it jammed at the worst possible time.

We'll get it all ready to go and hopefully make it more reliable for Champs.

-Adam