A tribute to the "A-Bomb"

[Corey Balint]

It was called A-Bomb because we figured that it would have a huge impact on the score and it would be a suprise to the other teams.

Or as Tom says, they needed a code name that no one would understand at UTC, when himself and Greg Marra talked about it.

And Dang Travis, I must say, that looked awesome.
All we can do is shoot our balls into the loader, you guys can have some serious fun with that.

[Nuttyman54]

is there any good video of 195 and 968 doing this on Einstein? the webcast doen't actually show the best trasnfer.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

is there any good video of 195 and 968 doing this on Einstein? the webcast doen't actually show the best trasnfer.

In the first semi-final on Einstein, 195 attempts to dump balls into 968. 195 was having some drive issues since their belt was partially slipped (and became completely slipped after the manuever) and 968 was having some drive issues because 177 was pinning them against the lexan. Overall, they probably transferred six or seven balls, which represented some serious scoring potential given the deadly accuracy of the 968 bot from the top of the ramp.

From what I recall, the webcast camera showed this fairly well.

[jackie Ha]

dude, that was awesome. man i wish i was there for that. my friends are totally stoked on the footage. see you later buddies.

[nuggetsyl]

how much did you robot weigh???

[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

how much did you robot weigh???

119.6 lbs in ATL, I believe.

[nuggetsyl]

how much did the base weigh

[Cory]

Originally Posted by nuggetsyl

how much did the base weigh

Probably 50 lbs or so. The ball pickup/shooter assemblies were definitely significantly heavier than the drive.

[nuggetsyl]

wow 50 pounds we could have put our base on that. Great machine guys. I wish we had 5 more points for a third match.

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

In the first semi-final on Einstein, 195 attempts to dump balls into 968. 195 was having some drive issues since their belt was partially slipped (and became completely slipped after the manuever) and 968 was having some drive issues because 177 was pinning them against the lexan. Overall, they probably transferred six or seven balls, which represented some serious scoring potential given the deadly accuracy of the 968 bot from the top of the ramp.

From what I recall, the webcast camera showed this fairly well.

They did it more than just that one time. That A-Bomb was shown, but there was a better one in finals match two. The camera is focussing on 217 loading, but you can hear Dave saying "watch the cooperation, 195 feeding their teammate!". It's at about 100 seconds left in the match.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

They did it more than just that one time. That A-Bomb was shown, but there was a better one in finals match two. The camera is focussing on 217 loading, but you can hear Dave saying "watch the cooperation, 195 feeding their teammate!". It's at about 100 seconds left in the match.

It first happened in the semis on Newton, also, iirc. Maybe it was the finals. Not sure.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by Cory

It first happened in the semis on Newton, also, iirc. Maybe it was the finals. Not sure.

Newton SF2-2