Image Discuss: TechnoKat Trick Wheel

[Clark Gilbert]

More surprises?! [sarcastic]No....Never[/sarcastic]

There will be lots of pictures after St. Louis

[KyleGilbert45]

Of course the gear boxes are modular..they have to be easy to take out to repair if we strip gears..and the "mounting brackets" on the end only hold the gear box to the frame at an angle so that the motor and the gear box doesnt drag on the ground....

[Josh Hambright]

weee its like christmas...who knows what we'll get next!

[Amanda Morrison]

Well, whatever surprises in store, a great robot nonetheless!

if it is used to move then won't there be a problem with the tiny wheel thingy's going past the mesh on the ramp???? I hope not cause that is not good and will get you disqualified. unless you just made that so that it looks pretty and keeps the chain from falling off. anyways......Go Team 902!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by LizJJury
if it is used to move then won't there be a problem with the tiny wheel thingy's going past the mesh on the ramp???? I hope not cause that is not good and will get you disqualified. unless you just made that so that it looks pretty and keeps the chain from falling off. anyways......Go Team 902!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I assure you even with a full 130 pound load, the timing belts or any other part of the robot DO NOT pass through the mesh

[Clark Gilbert]

It looks like Gadget and Cory get a cookie for being correct, while Travis gets 1/2 of a cookie.

We have a second drive base. It is simply our backup plan. If the primary drive base gives us major problems, then we may use the backup.

More details will follow. Both drive bases are in the crate and will be in St. Louis. The secondary base is a ball to drive!




As of now, no more questions will be answered and hopefully no other TechnoKats will post. This thread is ending now and the true secrets will be revealed after St. Louis.

Have a nice day.

[Madison]

Originally posted by Clark Gilbert
It looks like Gadget and Cory get a cookie for being correct, while Travis gets 1/2 of a cookie.

We have a second drive base. It is simply our backup plan. If the primary drive base gives us major problems, then we may use the backup.

More details will follow. Both drive bases are in the crate and will be in St. Louis. The secondary base is a ball to drive!

Didn't I tell you that sometime last week?

...maybe it was DJ. I don't remember, but I thought their ability to switch out was entirely obvious. I mean...Lovejoy coupling, hi.

Originally posted by M. Krass
Didn't I tell you that sometime last week?

...maybe it was DJ. I don't remember, but I thought their ability to switch out was entirely obvious. I mean...Lovejoy coupling, hi.

Um no, it wasn't me


Anyway, we used the Lovejoy couplings last year, just a bigger bulkier version of them

[Travis Covington]

which coupling did you guys use this year?

[Clark Gilbert]

It's a LoveJoy type coupling (not sure if it's LoveJoy brand). I found it in the MSC book when we were looking during the season and it's some type of plastic (not derlin, i think)... If you looked you could find it. I remember the description saying something about how they would be good to use in an environment where food was being processed or something.

[JVN]

I can't wait.
Andy told me a little bit about it, and I'm drooling already.
It's been so hard to keep my mouth shut in this thread...

See you in Houston!

[Austin]

You guys will NEVER guess, nor have ANY idea whatsoever what these trickwheels are for.

I just wanted to apologize to anyone who may have been offended by my last post. I did not mean to sound condescending, and I am sorry if I did. I'll try to be more polite, and less arrogant next time.

[Travis Covington]

hey clark, were those couplings the CEC composite jaw couplings?

found here?

MSC Page 3558

We have been looking for something to replace the couplings we have now, and these look pretty light and would help us alot.

[Clark Gilbert]

Yah, I think those are the ones we got (99% sure)