Who was the best hanger?

[Swampdude]

Originally Posted by S.Nickens

While there were a lot of good hangers, my vote has to go to 190. Hanging in auton every time I saw them, positioning themselves dead center so they could un-cap the stationary goal. It was a thing of beauty.
Thanks to 190 and 179. A great alliance, it just wasn't our time.

Thankyou 11 for picking us. I agree, I think we should have taken currie, but BUZZ was a BUZZIN. I think 11 hung every match except ours, took 5th overall! (very nice). And our hanger gizmo had stage fright, worked flawlessly on the practice field (hung 5 times over there) But not once in a match... ugh...

[Matt Shea]

My three best hangers were 330, 190 and 237

[Solace]

179's hanger thingie scared the crap out of me the first time it came whizzing by my head when it was realeased

[TheShadow]

I (naturally) like 322 and 279, but other than them I like 67's hanging.

[Yan Wang]

*sigh* I wish 639 could've made it to Championships... Our robot was roughly the same as 48 for hanging time but for the first 2-3 final rounds, a big air leak plagued our system. Nonetheless, this is a cool clip from Finals 1.1 against 1114 & 48: http://www.yan-wang.com/robotics/hanging.wmv

[Xufer]

330 was a really good hanger maybe the best, also i did enjoy watching wildstang do the cap then hang right after combo, but my favorite hanger was Team 178 they would hang from the side of the platform it was really cool because of theyre ability to hang off the side of the bar they could hang without fighting the robots above them on the bar they just used the other side, plus they're little base looked so cool haha. ooh and shiney ...

[OneAngryDaisy]

is everyone forgetting 868? national finalist, from what I heard from our brothers 1218 their first pick- Las Guerillas (469) convinced 1218 to pick 868 and almost every round a robot or two was blocked by their strafing mechanism..

about winches- yep, I saw 254 hang on the practice field. Their robot is so freaking ROBUST- they zoomed around the field doing all kinds of things, went to the bar with 15 secs left, ripped their hook off, drove far back,and i mean far back- maybe 6 or 7 feet back from the platform, then BANG- their robot just zoomed up and banged the side of the bar insanely hard, it was so fast and brutal. crazy.

about winches- I noticed many teams (cooney quest, spam, etc) had winches and loose cable in a can or something until they started to winch, so it would take 6 seconds or so before they lifted.. we used a (perfect) solution for this, anyone else come up with something to counter this problem?

edit- 666th post, w00t

[av11d]

I saw 237 at the J&J Mid-Atlantic regional, and they were really awesome. Once they got up there, they dominated bar. It was rare that another team would be able to get around them and hang. I never saw 330 in person, but they look pretty awesome, too.

[Pin Man]

Originally Posted by av11d

I saw 237 at the J&J Mid-Atlantic regional, and they were really awesome. Once they got up there, they dominated bar. It was rare that another team would be able to get around them and hang. I never saw 330 in person, but they look pretty awesome, too.

I was at J&J Regional... Which bot were they???

[av11d]

Originally Posted by Pin Man

I was at J&J Regional... Which bot were they???

They were seeded first and ended up winning the competition! They were able to slide across the bar and prevent other teams from getting up. Pretty awesome bot.

[Amanda M]

Originally Posted by OneAngryDaisy

about winches- I noticed many teams (cooney quest, spam, etc) had winches and loose cable in a can or something until they started to winch, so it would take 6 seconds or so before they lifted..

Actually, during one of our Qualifying matches, we managed to pull off a winch that took about five to seven seconds total. That includes hooking and winching. We were really pressed for time. We had a PTO from our drivetrain and were winching at 15ft/sec.

[Pin Man]

Originally Posted by av11d

They were seeded first and ended up winning the competition! They were able to slide across the bar and prevent other teams from getting up. Pretty awesome bot.

hmmm for some reason I don't remember them... I do however remember 1114 that could go back and forth; side to side and hook on to the bar and slide across and blocked every robot that needed to get up... hmmm I'll have to go to the tapes...

[Solace]

you are thinking of tribe 237

[av11d]

Yeah, tribe, that was the name! I don't remember 1114 at the mid-atlantic regional, not sure though.

[Pin Man]

I just watched some video of 237 at nats and it doesnt look like they can slide across... I see the shovel type thing that is there hanger that doesnt allow bots to hook on but i don't see and way they can slide with what it looks like.... tank treads????


edit:

1114 was at Long Island...