QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!

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Posted by nick237.

Engineer on team #237, sie h2o bots, from Watertown high school ct and sieman co.

Posted on 10/29/2000 9:33 AM MST


In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!! posted by Andy Grady on 10/29/2000 8:45 AM MST:



We used pneumatics in a limited capacity in 1999 but we quickly realised the weight to benifit ratio made
the use of pneumatics a waste of space, we didnt try to remove weight by drilling holes in the air tank but im sure some teams had limited success with this idea. So FIRST should dump the idea of pneumatics.
Hydraulics would cause a whole world of problems such as leaks on the fields and the pit area not to mention leaks on the electronics in the Robots. weight would also be another problem unless one could drill holes in the hoses or use a light weigh oil fluid?.
Nick Team 237


: Hi all, here is this weeks question:

: Question 10/29/00: What do you think of last years pneumatics? (sp.) What changes if any should be made with them for next year? What about the possibility of hydrolics? (is this even possible)