QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!

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Posted by Erin.   [PICTURE: SAME | NEW | HELP]


Other on team #1, ., from alumni of the juggernauts and ..

Posted on 10/29/2000 1:16 PM MST


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



Hydraulics:
Cheaper (to SOME extent), messier, larger, and sometimes more complicated...

Pneumatics:
More expensive (SMC however gives us quality parts), cleaner, smaller, and I find them to be easier (esp. schematic wise).. plus air is alot easier to deal with than hydraulic fluid...that stuff does not come off of clothes. And hydraulics take more pressure to actually get working- I don't think it is possible.

Last year, I liked the pneumatics in the kit- however, I think there needs to be a way so that more teams would utilize them- seriously, out of how many robots, how many used the pneumatics and used them effectively??? More is going into the mechanics rather than the fluid power aspect of design and build.
I think the whole pneumatic/fluid power componentry in the kit could be improved.
-erin