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We designed the fan for populsion not deflection. I don't think it would help much since, as stated above, the holes in the balls let to much air through. However when you stand behind the fan when its on it is like being in a hurricane
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Do you guys have any video of your robot running with pneumato-boost?
A comparison video would be awesome... fan vs no fan acceleration. I'm really surprised it makes that big of a difference. Way to think outside the regolith! -q |
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I don't have a video, but i did see them pushing us sideways on carpet while gaining speed multiple times at our scrimmage. No amount of traction control is good against that fan. Last edited by Jetweb : 16-02-2009 at 00:29. Reason: spelling |
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I knew it. 4 wheel drive
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Wow, I want to see it in action. (:
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Personally, out of all the robots I have seen so far, this one is one of my favorites. S.P.A.M. has "two" 4wd. One that makes them go forward and backward and the other that allows them to move side to side. Their fan makes them incredibly fast and they run away from you like no tomorrow. They are also able to push you around. The fan puts out 10lbs of thrust. Their scoring mechanism is very cool as well. It has little "fingers" that picks up the ball and keeps it in until they want to score it. They are very fast as scoring as well. Their fan doesn't really deflect the balls as they don't turn the fan on unless they are trying to run away from others or trying to push them around. I would be very surprised if they decide that the fan is illegal on this machine. I can't wait to see it in action again.
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looks good now we must wait to see it in action but to me it'll just be a webcast
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Well..........looks like S.P.A.M. has outdone itself again, and built a fantastic machine. I can hardly wait to see how well it does. Great job!
Good luck this season. I wish we were going to be in Florida to see and compete with you. Gil - Team 343 - Metal In Motion ![]() |
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i'd just be concerned at what the safety judges will say...
what rpm are you running? what do you have to stop hands, fingers .oose nuts and bolts, broken bands from orbit balls etc... from getting in hope it works... we're just a rookie team with a standard kitbot... sadpanda... although, we did notice that our narow orientation was alot better at pushing than some of the wide robots (they'll have issues with non-bumper contact...) |
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I think they have safety mesh on now. Looks like they have the minimums "suggested" by FIRST, so they should be good.
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Sweet. A little bird had already hinted to me about the prop.
Where's the camera? Certainly Eric has some autonomous plan up his sleeve. Hows the weight? Looks VERY competitive. |
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i believe now were only like 1lb over weight and yeah eric and mike got some nice stuff up their sleves for auton i hope and we did put mesh on it and we had every meember of the team try to stick there fingers in it and no one could get passed their 2cnd knuckle
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