pic: completed rolling chassis

[falconmaster]

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[Akash Rastogi]

Whats the weight of that, as of now? looking good.

[Boydean]

We thought about this design...didn't go with it though

[Seraph117]

it looks like its ready for war

i like the armor

[lukevanoort]

Somebody a fan of Swampthing?

[Seraph117]

not especially, although i am a fan of total combat with tanks

[dbell]

very nice.
I'm curios why you chose to "chop off" the corners making a hexagon instead of a rectangle? I know this is what swampthing did last year.
DB

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by dbell

very nice.
I'm curios why you chose to "chop off" the corners making a hexagon instead of a rectangle? I know this is what swampthing did last year.
DB

We did it so if we were trying to squeeze in between two robots, it would make it easier to kind to push between them. This might happen if we are going fast and two robots get in the way.

By the way...we love swampthing!

[Tytus Gerrish]

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

Somebody a fan of Swampthing?

good catch. and not a bad way to shape a robot if you have a driver that likes spearing through resistance

[Joe Finkel]

and what size wheel are you using?

[falconmaster]

eight inch

[Joe Finkel]

I haven't used coolie ds. on our robots, we used alum. omni, I think
they are more rigid ,but again...

[s_forbes]

Nice! The angled front end should keep you from getting snagged. Do I see flat stock on the back to support the wheels? That's one shape we don't have that could be very useful in my opinion.

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

Nice! The angled front end should keep you from getting snagged. Do I see flat stock on the back to support the wheels? That's one shape we don't have that could be very useful in my opinion.

you have it, its the 6 inch c-channel with the angles cut off

[team1203 4life]

what is the advantage of having to regular drive wheels in sted of having 4 powered omni wheels
just asking cause of way you r robot is desined