pic: FRC 4329 Presents Trogdor

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by bstew

Looks really nice!

Are you planning to go under the portcullis? The intake looks like it is designed to, but the RoboRIO suggests otherwise.

Yes we are - we need to still build the superstructure that will keep the portcullis gate above that height. We're also going to add some protection for that top layer of the controls.

Originally Posted by Cash4587

I dig the yellow chords. Are those the ones you connect with the inserts or did you melt them together?

Yep they are hollow and we're using the metal insert barbs. Only a few failures so far as we learn how to link them together better.

Originally Posted by Jeffrafa

Very nice, looks sharp! What are your collector rollers made of? Also, what motor/gear combo did you have on collector lift that was giving you issues?

They are made from 1.25 OD polycarbonate, 1/16" thickness. Interfaces perfectly with 1.1.25" bearings.

We tried a MiniCIM into a 1:100 versaplanetary that was built using various stages (2 and 3). The issue wasn't really the gearbox's power, it was the way we were face mounting it using one of the versa gussets. It's generally not a great idea to have your gearbox taking lots of shock loads as you ramp the intake into the various defenses that we're planning on using it on. We want things to be extremely robust for this game so we made a decision to use pneumatics on the pivot and haven't looked back.