Team 179's Swamp Thing

[Swampdude]

Our kickstand is off the ground at 1.2 seconds, so if the opponent tried to ram us he'd have to be seriously fast. we're over the wall and flat on the ramp at 2.2 seconds. Then it takes about 1.5 - 2 seconds to make contact with the bins. Also we can do a 180 in about 1 second, so they can't sneek up on us.
Our theory on the alliance is to give them the ramp and we hold off the opponent. But if needed we can push on through to our side of the field to let them buy, or get a little sideways. It's really more of a finals type idea that's intended to block the opponent from any points other than human bins. If we're successfull we'll probably score low all day but hopefully get picked in the finals. I think we'll be a great ally for an "under the bar stacker". We've tried it out on our 2001 bot and it seems the wedge shape is going to be difficult to get by. It really holds the hdpe well (we can push the students off the hdpe in a manual pushing match). And it really holds strong on the grating. Theres 6 wheels down the length of it, so its got traction all the way and it's not lanky at all. It's very short and stout with a fairly steep angle if you should try to go over it.