pic: Out of Service after Summer Frenzy.

[Arefin Bari]

Sorry to hear that you guys had a lot of problems... reminds me of our team...

This year we had work on the robot a lot during competitions... some example...

1) Thursday (practice day) evening 6 o'clock at UCF (Central Florida Regional), we go to inspection area to weigh our robot. the robot was 138.6 lbs. so you guys would realize the stress at that time.

2) drive train problem at UCF... the robot wouldnt turn because of traction...

3) key fell of from one of the gears in the transmission which required taking apart the transmission and putting it back together.

4) the arm had to look like a swiss cheese because of over weight.

5) Midwest Regional: key fell of again, lost the atwood gear.

6) switched to chain and sprockets from pulley and belts.

7) globe motor burned out.

8) nationals: New bumper being made at the competition.

9) the hex piece on the transmission shaft was welded which broke off...

10) the arm which was welded broke off at one match.

11) burned two globe motors (thanks SPAM).

12) lost the key way for one of the gear in the transmission again.

13) lost sprocket key ways in matches.

14) broke off chains (it was number 25 chains and we switched to 30 later on).

It was stressful and exciting to see that robot working after going through a lot of trouble... including myself there were several people on the team... who worked in the pit for 3 days straight to keep that bot running. it was fun time... I like my team about how we always work together when it comes to really hard times like this... Team 27 (RUSH) also gave us "never say die" award at nationals... the past season was awesome... looking forward to a great one...