[FTC]: Robot Designs

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Joyride_67_1902

the CAD looks awesome; however i see some possible problems. The wheels wont be stable they need to go through 2 sides of the C channel for it to work otherwise your robot will bend shafts faster and the wheels will be tilted at an angle.

Just my 2 cents about the drive train

Does this work like FRC 148 the Tornado for Lunacy?

Similarly to 148 but we couldn't match its function using the Tetrix stuff. The CAD isn't done yet, obviously, as we're just playing around with stuff for a while now. The shooter is independently driven from the intake and shooter feeder. And I'm not worried at all about the cantilevered shafts bending. If they do, we have more.

[JohnFogarty]

Our Atomix team is building a Helix design similar to the Tornado and it works great.

[af4ex]

Team #11
Thanks guys, those are some great designs, which will really help us newbies get some fresh ideas for manipulation and shooting.

'Gracious Professionalism' at its best

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by af4ex

Team #11
Thanks guys, those are some great designs, which will really help us newbies get some fresh ideas for manipulation and shooting.

'Gracious Professionalism' at its best

Thanks for the compliment, but again, this is rc_cola1323's design from FRC 1323, I was simply "consulting" with the design.

[af4ex]

>> Thanks for the compliment, but again, this is rc_cola1323's design from FRC
>> 1323, I was simply "consulting" with the design.

Oops, I missed that. Great design. RC COLA! and kudos to Team #11 for helping out with the CAD.

[JohnFogarty]

I have to post something later i want you guys to see. We are doing a helix and we are using a tower of zipties to do it and surprisingly it works.

[qwertyuiop[]\]

FTC 369(FRC 623) has created the king of all zip tie trees. There is no comparison to our 700+ zip tie coated piece of pvc pipe. pictures will be up soon.only downside is color(plain white).

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by qwertyuiop[]\

FTC 369(FRC 623) has created the king of all zip tie trees. There is no comparison to our 700+ zip tie coated piece of pvc pipe. pictures will be up soon.only downside is color(plain white).

Ours looks haharious though we used every size ziptie allowed. fom the micro, to the 2 foot ones.

[qwertyuiop[]\]

you cant use two foot zipties. only 11 inchers. my interpretation of the rule is that the initial size of the ziptie is what governs if it is legal or not

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by qwertyuiop[]\

you cant use two foot zipties. only 11 inchers. my interpretation of the rule is that the initial size of the ziptie is what governs if it is legal or not

We took the 2 footers and trimmed em to fit in the 18x18 limit

[qwertyuiop[]\]

Section 4.2<R5>c.22 :
"Non-Metallic Cable ties (also known as Zip Ties) up to 11” in length may be used."

im not sure if your aware of this rule. you seem to not understand that a 2 foot ziptie is illegal. If you cut the ziptie down to 11 inches long it might be legal but i would ask the official rules forum.

[aklego]

Originally Posted by qwertyuiop[]\

Section 4.2<R5>c.22 :
"Non-Metallic Cable ties (also known as Zip Ties) up to 11” in length may be used."

im not sure if your aware of this rule. you seem to not understand that a 2 foot ziptie is illegal. If you cut the ziptie down to 11 inches long it might be legal but i would ask the official rules forum.

It has been asked and answered--shortened 2 footers are not legal. From the official Q&A fourm:

Originally Posted by 2009FTC0005
Q: Any non-metallic zip ties may be used up to 11" long as stated by <R5>c22. The question is: Is the length before or after the zip tie is put on the robot? Can an 18" zip tie be cut down to 11"?
A: Zip ties longer than 11” may not be shortened and used for Robot construction.

[kevincrispie]

Swerve drive would be awesome to do, but it is hard.
In the 2009 game, it was important to have a fast robot so it wouldn't get pinned. Slow Robots in Lunacy were bad.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by KevinC

Swerve drive would be awesome to do, but it is hard.
In the 2009 game, it was important to have a fast robot so it wouldn't get pinned. Slow Robots in Lunacy were bad.

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