Team 254 Presents: Deadlift Technical Binder 2015

[thatprogrammer]

Are the splicers for your timing belts just two pieces of metal bolted together? Thanks.

[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by thatprogrammer

Are the splicers for your timing belts just two pieces of metal bolted together? Thanks.

Sort of. It has a milled belt profile to distribute the load properly. See below.

These carriage bearing blocks were quite intricate, but essentially became the entire structure of the carriage. The carriages themselves were quite weak and not very stiff. The belt and carriage blocks in the corners made the thing extremely rigid.

[JoeyD]

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

Sort of. It has a milled belt profile to distribute the load properly. See below.

These carriage bearing blocks were quite intricate, but essentially became the entire structure of the carriage. The carriages themselves were quite weak and not very stiff. The belt and carriage blocks in the corners made the thing extremely rigid.

How many individual structural parts are in this carriage bearing block, not including actual screws and bearings?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by JoeyD

How many individual structural parts are in this carriage bearing block, not including actual screws and bearings?

5 (the two arms left and right, the base piece they mount to, the belt clamp backing piece, and the belt clamp itself). There are also 2 alignment pins to clock the left and right bearing arms with respect to the main body.

[cxcad]

Would pat fairbank release a photo album for this year's build?

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by cxcad

Would pat fairbank release a photo album for this year's build?

I didn't take many photos this year during build, sorry.

[tickspe15]

There wasn't much to take pictures of...

[Mike Schreiber]

Great insight into one of the best teams in FRC (if not the best). I'd like to know a little bit more about your target build schedule if you're willing to share. How much time is spent on prototyping? Building a driveable prototype robot? This is something very few teams do, does this give great insight into how the game will play? When do you start work on the practice bot? comp bot? When do the programmers get it?

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by Mike Schreiber

Great insight into one of the best teams in FRC (if not the best). I'd like to know a little bit more about your target build schedule if you're willing to share. How much time is spent on prototyping? Building a driveable prototype robot? This is something very few teams do, does this give great insight into how the game will play? When do you start work on the practice bot? comp bot? When do the programmers get it?

If you haven't read them already I highly suggest going through 254s 2013 or 2014 Build Blogs. A bit long but very well worth it and it covers your questions.