Vex Slider Parts

[EricRobodox]

im sure Jeff can explain more if i dont hit it, but the winch is on the most right o the picture. Judging from what i have seen and from the picture, the L bracket is used and the motor overhangs the top so the gear on the winch will be in the middle of the bracket.. Motors on both sides of the winc, or maybe just one, cant tell from the picture and cant remember, but i think it may only be one. Those two gears i think are to keep the string in place. If any other questions, im sure jeff can answer, but i think i covered what i think you wanted. Anyways, 599 is my teams robot, so i couldnt tell you full indepth about Chaminade's. They have a very interesting design to scoring. Anyways, i got to get some sleep, my team is coming over tomorrow to discuss stuff before atlanta, im secondary coach, so i need to be rested to give my team good spirit and hope.

Oh, I think devil duckies used sliders on one of their robots in SD, if i remember right, they too said they need to be straight, because they had problems sticking if they were not positioned correctly. So make sure the two are parrallel, and not off. I could be mistaken though, but I sort of remember that little quick note when setting up their fields in SD.

[Thiele]

Thanks for your help. I want to make little robot babies with everyone!!!

[gblake]

Originally Posted by Thiele

Thanks for your help. I want to make little robot babies with everyone!!!

I'll pass on the baby-making :-) But, about sliders...

if you don't need the entire length of both slider pieces you can cut one to shorten it. This cuts down on friction, but probably does increase the chance that if the inner and outer pieces are rigidly attached to the rest of the bot, that a twisting moment might cause them to bind.

My most notable use of the sliders occured when they were part of an arm that slid through a pivot so neither sliding piece was 100% rigidly attached to the rest of the bot.

[Thiele]

I guess I don't see why the sliders have to be so dang tricky! Cant it just be easy? -tear-

[cire]

Originally Posted by Thiele

I guess I don't see why the sliders have to be so dang tricky! Cant it just be easy? -tear-

life isnt supposed to be easy

[Kingofl337]

FVC Team 40 used the sliders and two things help alot 1st let everything you can float to keep things from binding. Next is to debur the sliders if they have little jaggies on them. You want all the metal to be smooth as possible. They are stamped so its hard to get a perfect finish.

[sovierr]

Well as an example of how difficult the sliders are to use, we witnessed 2 different teams using WD40 on sliders at the competition. In each case, the team claimed to be unaware that it was not competition legal (one team was convincing while the other was not). In any event, they should allow them to be lubricated since sliders would normally be lubricated anyway.