pic: Final 2011 Drivetrain

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by SudoSammich

P.S. 2.2 seconds on the minibot? I remember seeing that a 5 lb minibot utilizing ALL the power from a tetrix motor (i.e. no loss in the system, which is just a wee bit impossible) would climb in 6.5 or so. Conservative estimates from that landed a competitive minibot at 7 seconds. It's entirely possible I'm not remembering the thread correctly, but 2.2 still seems a bit extreme.

Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

Gotta call shenanigans here...

You say it's averaging 2.2 seconds, which means in some cases it's actually going faster than that. Are you adhering to all the minibot requirements? Is the pole you are using for testing regulation size?

In our tests, and from my observations of other teams minibot postings, 2.2 seconds would be far, far, far and away the fastest minibot I've encountered. Considering A. the requirements that everyone must use to build the same minibot and B. the number of teams attempting the same challenge with said requirements, it seems unlikely that someone could build a minibot that is simply THAT far superior than any other.

As they say, pics (or in this case vids) or it didn't happen...

-Brando

Maybe he wasn't so crazy after all...