Team 1114 - Simbot SideSwipe

[Bryce2471]

Originally Posted by Karthik

No, this was the first approach that any real effort was put into. There were many subsequent prototypes with different wheel spacing, wheel sizes, wheel types, tension in the surgical tubing, etc.

If you don't mine me asking, how did you come to the conclusion that this would be the best intake to test, when you hadn't even made any previous prototypes? What was the thought process that lead to this unconventional intake geometry being your first attempt? Did you lay out the performance goals for the intake before hand? If so, what were they?

I am sorry if these questions come off to pushy. I'm just really interested in how you came to such an effective prototype so early.

Thanks again for all the information and resources that have been posted already.