Image Discuss: Team 229 - Robot 2

[Darek905]

We actually drove on top pf one of these wings. Only problem was we didn't hit em strait on so we fell off to the side. i really liked this design though. It was very nice. I don't know how well they did at Nats but they were good people.

[JVN]

Originally posted by Darek905
I don't know how well they did at Nats but they were good people.

At nats we did not do as well as we had hoped.
Plagued by mechanical problems of various kinds, we seeded somewhere in the middle of the Curie division, and were NOT chosen for the finals.

C'est la Vie.

Thank you for your compliment.
You guys built a great bot too!

[Tytus Gerrish]

What is that material?

[Mike Schroeder]

Tytus: i think the wings were made out of a cyanide foam.

[JVN]

Originally posted by Tytus Gerrish
What is that material?

The wings are made from a 30:1 expansion foam. This is a binary compound, i.e. you mix the two chemicals, and it expands out, really fast.

And yes... the foam is cyanide based.
This means it releases a form of cyanide gas as it expands, and the foam itself remains.... mildy toxic.

We made the wings by building a wooden frame in the shape we wanted. We then poured the foam around a metal frame which would serve as the interior of the wing.

After the pour, we sanded/cut the wing down to shape. We then covered the wing in 1/32" lexan. This lexan protected the foam from most damage. By the time we were finished, the wings were pretty much indestructable. (ask anyone who saw them... we demonstrated their robustness by hitting them with a hammer).

The foam is good stuff.

[Tytus Gerrish]

where would i get some?