Team 578 can hurdle

[commodoredl]

We only had one problem with it and that's that it's a bit top-heavy when we raise the boot. See here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK8c43Irf5E

We were wondering if anyone else came up with a similar design? We saw a lot of catapults but nothing that would kick like ours.

[dtengineering]

Congratulations! I know well the cheer that rang out as it hurdled for the first time... we were up and launching (using pneumatics) from the robot for the first time this weekend, too.

We had considered an idea like this, but you are the first group that I know of to have built one... and almost certainly the first to post it to CD!

How heavy, by the way, is "the boot"?

Jason

P.S. It would look great with a real boot on there!

[Captain PJshark]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

P.S. It would look great with a real boot on there!

We joke around about attaching a hiking boot or something of the sort onto the end of the arm all the time!

[hipsterjr]

curious...very curious. This is a far cry from the 1000 lifts and catapults I've seen on CD. Very nice. My only worry is when you are reseting the boot and another team hits you from behind; possible tip hazard. Aside from that very cool.

[rjmah]

I wonder how sticky they'll be about the 80 inch cylinder rule. My guess is that you exceed it if your forks are extended and the boot is resetting at the same time. While you can tell them the normal operating sequence won't exceed it, during the heat of the game you can't guarantee it won't happen.