3476 Code Orange 3.7 lbs scaler

[Mark Sheridan]

https://youtu.be/xqIs6n5I7-g

#R2D2

[BenHildy]

Impressive! May I ask how the hook is raised? Is it a tape measure lift or some sort of pneumatic device? Or something else?

[OccamzRazor]

Does that weight also include the motor/gearbox?

[Pauline Tasci]

Originally Posted by OccamzRazor

Does that weight also include the motor/gearbox?

yes, its 1 775 pro and a versa gearbox.

[camtunkpa]

Very cool! How are you deploying the hook?

[Mark Sheridan]

Stop by our pit. The students who designed it would love to explain it.

[Levi Madden]

Originally Posted by paunatime

yes, its 1 775 pro and a versa gearbox.

What gear ratio are you using?

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by paunatime

yes, its 1 775 pro and a versa gearbox.

I assume you mean Versaplanetary Gearbox?

If so, just a heads up, those things really like to explode under high loads. We love the VP's, but we've blown up our fair share of them over the years...

Looks awesome.

-Mike

[Hitchhiker 42]

Originally Posted by camtunkpa

Very cool! How are you deploying the hook?

By the look and sound of it, I suspect a long, thin cylinder for delivering the hook.

[AustinNordman]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

those things really like to explode

Just replace the gearbox every match.

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by Michael Corsetto

I assume you mean Versaplanetary Gearbox?

If so, just a heads up, those things really like to explode under high loads. We love the VP's, but we've blown up our fair share of them over the years...

Looks awesome.

-Mike

Yeah Kevin keeps telling me this. We kept the spool diameter small to keep the gear ratio low. Saved a ton of weight too with a small spool

[asid61]

Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan

Stop by our pit. The students who designed it would love to explain it.

For those of us not going to St. Louis this year, some pictures would be nice.

[cpiravi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Eq8YietHM

Here's a video of our scale + shoot.

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by camtunkpa

Very cool! How are you deploying the hook?

My two guesses are either constant force springs mounted at the top and pulling the bottom, or something like this but using a grippy wheel and friction on the rod. I am excited to check this out in a few days.