Image Discuss: Team 356: Drive base ramp testing

[Andrew]

The spring has a rate of 50 lb/in. It is compressed one inch.

If you use (1/2)*k*x^2, I read that we have 25 in-lb stored in the spring at full compression.

This is about 2 ft-lb which is significantly less than the 20 ft-lb. Even with 2 springs, we do not have a total of more than 4 ft-lbs stored.

Also, the springs are extremely well-contained and not likely to fly out of the robot, ever. So, no safety issues.

I haven't read M11 recently (or mods). So, please, correct me if I'm wrong. (I'm also really, really tired right now and my math and physics may be less than precise.) However, we did think through compliance with rules in our design and should be OK.