pic: Team 1293's Window Motor Drivetrain 2

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Steve P

You will be pushed around on the field and will have almost no toruqe, not to rag on you but last year I made a claw with the window motors and I could stop it with my hand.

Believe me, we weren't pushed around on the field. And don't forget that a good driver will win over a good robot any day of the week. (This was the case in at least one match of ours.) And Bob had a few distinct advantages, namely that of low current draw (we only had the two window motors and a van door being operated) and being built like a brick. I still say it's a good robot. With a proper arm, it'd be a great robot.

As for why, Ryan, call it rookie desperation. It was week four or five or something like that, and we needed some motors we could mount up and go with. (Like in the original post, we tried the others with only limited success.) Maybe we should've made a bigger to-do at Palmetto, but ah well. It sure was a blast.

[Billfred]

The answers (and the discussion) are all here:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=30761

Erm, moderators...could y'all lock this thread, please?

[MasonMM]

So using just 2 motors and not much else for your driver train, what's your base weight looking like?

[Billfred]

Well, there were two more levels above it. There's pictures somewhere on www.d5robotics.com if you're interested. (And just a hint of information on Ockham and Hockham, our robot and practice robot for this year.)

Nevertheless, we made weight. No swiss cheese required.