pic: Team 100 Prototype Base - Underside

[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

I'm a little confused why you all think this is so heavy. That weight includes our entire electronics board; drive motors, air-tank, and compressor. There is a full 65 lbs. available for a scoring device. Last year's drive train weighed 50 lbs. without electronics, pneumatics and the upper frame! And we never had any weight issues!

I wouldn't worry about it. I think it's perfectly reasonable. You've also got the two larger CIMs on there which weigh considerably more than the smaller ones.

You guys need to ease up and give them some credit. I think this is one of the better put together systems I have seen posted on CD in a while - not to mention they actually succesfully built it and tested it. It is also one of the more creative solutions that I have seen...

It's pretty sad that I'll be the first one in this thread (Edit: aside from the last two) to give them a thumbs up on the whole thing. There isnt much I would change, as I am sure they have seen the alternatives and have weighed those options against this chosen design.