pic: Top Gun With Wheels

[Rick TYler]

Originally Posted by Éowyn

Hmm... judging from the wheels, you are going for the ramp. Also, the indentaton in the chassis to the rear suggests you are attatching a vertical belt system? to get the balls to your shooter.
Nice strong chassis, but bumpers are probably a good idea.

Heck, I have nothing to hide:

1. Ramp climbing for sure.
2. Single-wheel over-the-top launcher mounted high on the front rail, with custom bent-back design to launch over 60-inch robots. We are using dual Skyway 8-inch KOP wheels with lexan wheel covers to launch.
3. Vertical belt lifter on rear (drive backwards to load, frontwards to shoot).
4. Quad-CIMs into KOP gearboxes.
5. Big CIM drives wheel. We are running at 2:1 ratio to take advantage of motor torque curve. Lightweight wheels allow us to use step-up gearing.
6. Geared motor on lifter/loader.
7. Medium-speed motor (500rpm with gears) on sweeper.
8. Camera-driven aiming system, using either angled aimer on wheel or wheel speed (final testing TBD).
9. Lovely Blue Angel fabric on the bumpers.
10. Lots of sensors, and a really cool Navy-inspired control panel (our only sekrit wepin.)

Here's the big question: should we equip the whole team with aviator-style sunglasses?