pic: FRC488 2014 Robot Rendering

[zsm150]

Originally Posted by Madison

Yes, the catapult is mounted 90* from our drive's forward/backward orientation. Since it's an octocanum drive, we can reorient it very quickly and should be able to score as effectively as any other team

Are you worried about weight with an octocanum? Our team tried it a few years back and it was insanely heavy and complicated

[Electronica1]

Originally Posted by zsm150

Are you worried about weight with an octocanum? Our team tried it a few years back and it was insanely heavy and complicated

After a decent amount of designing, octocanum can be somewhat light, our my teams octocanum is around 28 lbs (this includes frame, wheels, pistons, modules, gearboxes, and cims). I think 488's octocanum should be a bit lighter than that because they are using custom one stage gearboxes, plastic 4 inch mecanum wheels, and their metal for their modules are a bit thinner than ours so I can see this being around 25 lbs.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by zsm150

Are you worried about weight with an octocanum? Our team tried it a few years back and it was insanely heavy and complicated

Originally Posted by Electronica1

After a decent amount of designing, octocanum can be somewhat light, our my teams octocanum is around 28 lbs (this includes frame, wheels, pistons, modules, gearboxes, and cims). I think 488's octocanum should be a bit lighter than that because they are using custom one stage gearboxes, plastic 4 inch mecanum wheels, and their metal for their modules are a bit thinner than ours so I can see this being around 25 lbs.

We're a bit more than 28 lbs., actually. Each module is 5.75 lbs. with wheels, gears, motors, etc. and the frame is 7 lbs. It's close, but a bit heavier nonetheless. There's a fair bit of bulk in the frame where the two halves join together to add rigidity and strength.

Our first foray into the octocanum drive in 2011 -- and one of the first octocanum drives -- was nearer to 60 lbs., so this is a marked improvement.

[mwmac]

Madison, I see a potential 3 ball auto???

[BrendanB]

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