Team 935 as of 2-2-2008

[DustinB_3]

[DarkFlame145]

I love that frame.

[sdcantrell56]

Agreed...All that machining is so sweet. How much does it all weigh? I love the roller idea!!!

[Sunshine]

Absolutely love it!!

[Barry Bonzack]

I see a made a good Fantasy FIRST pick

I loved Newton's bot last year. Combined with 1775 in Kansas City, it was a very deadly alliance. Excellent chassis.


Edit: When will you all be able to put some video for us to enjoy?

[DustinB_3]

Thanks. When we weighed it we threw on our cable drums and our electronics parts and it weighed about 109 lbs, i think. I don't remember what it weighed without anything on it. I think it was somewhere around 100 lbs.

[DarkFlame145]

wow that bot weights that much!!! Where is it all at????

[Shivang1923]

where do you guys plan on mounting your electronics? I dont see any place that is pretty good and covered to mount it.

[DustinB_3]

Originally Posted by DarkFlame145

wow that bot weights that much!!! Where is it all at????

well, the chassis weighs around 64 lbs and the elevator weighs around 36 lbs. We have a habit of building our chassis a bit heavier than many teams.

There will be a space right in the center of the chassis. That's probably where I'll end up mounting the electronics. We usually just mount them wherever we can fit them.

[DustinB_3]

Originally Posted by Barry Bonzack

When will you all be able to put some video for us to enjoy?

I don't really know, although I'm hoping by the end of the week. We're never usually that lucky though.

[CCCP]

that is one cool bot
good job

[DarkFlame145]

Originally Posted by DustinB_3

well, the chassis weighs around 64 lbs and the elevator weighs around 36 lbs. We have a habit of building our chassis a bit heavier than many teams.

There will be a space right in the center of the chassis. That's probably where I'll end up mounting the electronics. We usually just mount them wherever we can fit them.

I wouldn't think that frame would weight that much

[Blue_Mist]

Regarding the weight of the frame- it's aluminum extrusion, isn't it? Bolting the entire frame must add quite a bit of extra weight, and extrusion is at least twice as heavy than box tubing due to sheer mass. Are you guys going to be a pushing bot? Weight would help there. A robot pushing the weight limits isn't always bad. Sorry, pun not actually intended.

[DarkFlame145]

ah i didnt see the bolts, i thought it was all welded

[DustinB_3]

The chassis is made out of 1/4 inch aluminum that is cut with a CNC machine. There are no welds, the entire robot is bolted together with 1/4 - 20's. I think that the weight that I said earlier was with the battery. I had to include the battery when I was trying to figure out the robot's CG so I probably forgot got to subtract it from the weight. We probably wont be a pushing bot, we just have a habit of building heavy robots.