pic: "Gear Head" - trophy for FIRST Finale Asphalt Challenge

[=Martin=Taylor=]

I'll bet on 968/254. I believe their top speed is around 20 fps. and with six motors it doesn't take long to reach that speed

[David Hoff]

Precision Guessworks Team 1646 would love to get a shot at that beautiful trophy but either way this race will be awesome and I hope to be present when it happens.

[Michael Corsetto]

Originally Posted by Kristian Calhoun

At 27 ft/s, I'd probably have to place my bet on Team 102, The Gearheads.

27 ft/s? They must really "Rush" around the field

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

[Herodotus]

Originally Posted by Rex114

27 ft/s? They must really "Rush" around the field

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

Very punny.

That is a very sweet lookin' trophy right there. We were thinking of making some trophies for our school LAN tournament, and I'm liking the stacked gears. I'll have to keep that in mind.

[Athleticgirl389]

Originally Posted by Kristian Calhoun

At 27 ft/s, I'd probably have to place my bet on Team 102, The Gearheads.

I think this award should go to the team it's named after LOL!!! but yes... 27fps is what our lil bot does... geared for 30fps but hey, we can't expect everything to go 100% lol

[Lil' Lavery]

I have a feeling that this is going to come down to the same thing that wins real drag races, acceleration (and solid driving). I don't care what your bot is geared to run at, if mine can reach top speed faster I'll beat you there.

[Qbranch]

So, I'll take that as yes, you don't need an operator, you can run autonomous control of your robot?

-q

[jwfoss]

note to self, build fastest bot, with crazy acceleration for next year...

no seriously though, that is a really cool trophy

[ChuckDickerson]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I have a feeling that this is going to come down to the same thing that wins real drag races, acceleration (and solid driving). I don't care what your bot is geared to run at, if mine can reach top speed faster I'll beat you there.

Actually what wins drag races is the ability to transfer the power to the track. Smoke your tires and your race is over. That is why lane choice is critical. I have a feeling that moving these bots from carpet to asphalt/concrete will create some surprising results. I think this might be part of Andy’s challenge.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Actually what wins drag races is the ability to transfer the power to the track. Smoke your tires and your race is over. That is why lane choice is critical. I have a feeling that moving these bots from carpet to asphalt/concrete will create some surprising results. I think this might be part of Andy’s challenge.

I was factoring that into acceleration, as you can't accelerate very well without traction in a wheeled vehicle.
Perhaps I should have worded that better, I didn't mean the radial acceleration of the wheels, I meant the linear acceleration of the robot/car as a whole.

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Qbranch

So, I'll take that as yes, you don't need an operator, you can run autonomous control of your robot?

-q

I thought you were joking...

hmmmm....

I suppose it is up to you.

Andy

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by jwfoss

no seriously though, that is a really cool trophy

Thanks... it is fun to design really cool trophies.

The helmet idea was Steve Krawic's.

Andy B.

[colin340]

really cool idea
to bad our old driver graduation he was a dragracer!

[ChuckDickerson]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I was factoring that into acceleration, as you can't accelerate very well without traction in a wheeled vehicle.
Perhaps I should have worded that better, I didn't mean the radial acceleration of the wheels, I meant the linear acceleration of the robot/car as a whole.

Sorry Sean, maybe I should have worded my post better as well. I meant to imply that robots that do well on carpet might not do quite as well on asphalt/concrete.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Sorry Sean, maybe I should have worded my post better as well. I meant to imply that robots that do well on carpet might not do quite as well on asphalt/concrete.

Oh I didn't disagree or miss that point either. I was just talking about something that would apply to either statement. The change on surface will be very interesting. Anyone know what kinds of commonly used FIRST tractions materials have high CoFs with asphalt/concrete?
Anyone's bot capable of burning out on the starting line?