pic: ThunderChickens 2007

[Aren_Hill]

i still wish we had time for the looks departement gah

looking forward to seeing you in st louis (we can get on those)

[Rick-906]

very nice looking
ahaha cant wait to see you guys at the GTR,
we can have a Northern Chicken Wizards reunion
hmmm, i havnt seen a picture of the wizards bot this year...

[Swampdude]

I'd like to know how many holes are in that thing... Talk about optimization, wow. Thats a piece of art. Nice work.

[Derek Bessette]

Thank goodness we are going to different regionals.

It looks beautiful and effective.

Great Work!

[Paul Copioli]

More stats:

1. 4' tall and 119.99 lbs
2. 15 lbs of bumpers
3. 2 Chicklets with 2 Logitech game pads for control.
4. QTY. 2 200 lb gas shocks for lifting robots.
5. Over 500 rivets.
6. 8 bar linkage only uses Globe motor with single speed AM gearbox (slightly modified). We use a 100lb gas shock as a balancer. The arm is 100% balanced.
7. We are currently putting up 7 - 8 ringers in 2 minutes wit NO DEFENSE. We expect to be up to 11-12 with no defense by the time St. Louis hits. We also expect that number will be reduced greatly with defense. We will also use the far ringers to get past 9 (since there is only 9 in the player station).

I will try to get a video of the practice bot up before the weekend.

[Don Wright]

It looks very beautiful and functional. I'm really looking forward to seeing it at Detroit!!!

[Steve Compton]

fantastic work, guys. can you explain how you deploy the platforms? What mechamism lowers it under control?