2015 HINT DISCUSSION

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by fb39ca4

It was possible to drive over the hump (in Rebound Rumble) using 8" wheels.

The RR KOP wheels were 6", so you would have had to buy another set (and boy, were we strapped for cash our rookie year). Even with 8" wheels, that would be a trick. The hump was 4" high, so an 8" wheel would hit it with a vertical surface. I wouldn't try to drive over it with a wheel anywhere near the carpet unless it was at least 12" in diameter. At 8", the bumper would also have had to be located fully above the axles, which really isn't a normal thing if you're building the KOP chassis. The only robots I saw "drive over" the hump had some sort of articulated chassis which raised the "front" wheels at least two inches off the floor (or possibly they were accelerating so fast that they were rolling only on the rear wheels, which seems even less likely). All in all, this goes past a kit bot with some static pieces added on top