pic: 1458 Manipulator prototype1

[Woody1458]

As Designer and builder of this prototype I will try to answer any questions you guys have.

Originally Posted by gizzlyMIKE000

wow that is so cool my idea was the same and this week i am working on a prototype and thats cool hows yours does it and also i was going to us two on top would that almost work better? with maybe one prong or maybe 2 prongs or just one solid ramp with grip.

As I said before its a bad angle, There are 2 prongs at top creating three prongs 1 underneath (only 1 to save weight) 2 on top (the belting spreads between them)

Originally Posted by redbarron

We were considering this and i was just wondering what kind of distance and speed do you get out of that when you reverse the motors? Are you planning on hurdling?

This being just a prototype, It was built to prove the theory not complete the job. The rollers are poorly made And I will probably want to perfect the belt system. But even with these issues, It was able to spit the ball out straight up, but only to have it roll out no flight.

Originally Posted by gizzlyMIKE000

hey team 1458 are you guys going to give up one of your cim moters to power that hand? and what kinda tred do you to suck in the ball? is that a tank tred?

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I went OSH and they had this very flexible rubber stuff, I think used for weather stripping or something, was 1' 6" in width, cross section looked like this

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We decided on a CIM because Its small and fast, but people are still arguing over it so its not final.