Angel Wings

[roboticsguy1988]

Originally Posted by pakratt1991

alright,
I'm pulling my nose out of this one.
but I hope that gracious professionalism kicks in and the rules of FIRST are followed here.

I wont follow up on this anymore, but as a great mentor just told me three seconds ago,
If they want to win that bad, let 'em

Please do not use "Gracious Prefessionalism" against us. We follow the rules. One wing is complete at 15 pounds. The other wing is not complete, and both wings together add up to be below the 25 pound limit.

Here is what we are doing. When we get there we will swap one wing. The old win that is taken off will be taken apart and the spars which are the two arms that attach to our robot will be taken out. They will then be put into the 2nd new wing. The 2nd new wing therefore is not fully assembled and we do not have all the parts made for it. We are using old parts off the robot to make the new second wing.

Therefore we are withing the rules and under the weight limit especially since we did it within the 5 hour work windows allowed. If you have any questions about that you can contact me. I do not appreciate being accused of cheating, accusing a team of such is not being very "Gracious" or "Professional" now is it?

[Rich Ross]

I like these bad boys! Do you still trust your daughters on them? If so, I'd think robots will do just fine.

Question. what if my wheels get stuck in the holes?

[roboticsguy1988]

Originally Posted by Rich Ross

I like this bad boys! Do you still trust your daughters on them? If so, I'd think robots will do just fine.

Question. what if my wheels get stuck in the holes?

Most wheels will not get stuck in the holes. If you have casters they may run a chance of getting stuck. In which case i don't know what to say. But we designed this so most robots can get on our wings and have plenty of traction to stay on the wings. Of course there are always design flaws... and i guess that could be considered one. But honestly your robot wheel is going to have to be awfully small to get caught in one of those.

[gblake]

If you are in Newton, Just roll up onto 1885's. Nice and flat and wide, with no holes to stub your toe upon. ;-)

[Dan Petrovic]

Originally Posted by Rich Ross

Question. what if my wheels get stuck in the holes?

If you get stuck, you have no chance of falling off, now do you? Even if you aren't fully on you can still be lifted.

[JaneYoung]

Wayne,
why are these called 'angel wings'?
Jane

[Wayne Doenges]

Because they are 'Holey'

[roboticsguy1988]

Wow... lol.... now that is funny, lol

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by roboticsguy1988

Wow... lol.... now that is funny, lol

I thought Wayne was going to say 'because they give you a lift'.

[roboticsguy1988]

lol, wow, i guess hearing jokes like these is another benefit of having a lifting bot.

[Wayne Doenges]

We are trying to get Red Bull to sponsor us

"Red Bull, it gives you wings"

[roboticsguy1988]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

We are trying to get Red Bull to sponsor us

"Red Bull, it gives you wings"

See everyone.... see what I have to put up with for a 12 hour bus ride to Atlanta and a whole entire 6 week build season . LOL that was kinda funny though.

[Wayne Doenges]

I could have said we are getting the Detroit NHL hockey team to sponsor us.
You know? The Red Wings

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

I could have said we are getting the Detroit NHL hockey team to sponsor us.
You know? The Red Wings

I think I've shook my head more times reading this thread than I have in a 3 minute time span, ever.