pic: 1771 finished

sdcantrell56 · #1 18-03-2008, 13:33

Thanks everyone. Yes we did win the Delphi driving technology award for our design. I am extremely impressed with the team this year and the strides we have made. This is my first year mentoring and I feel that there are going to be many more successful years out of this team.

Biff · #2 18-03-2008, 14:56

The vac is really sweet, did you use a single or two stage? and where did you get the impeller assembly? In the aim high game we built two assemblies, one that used two FP motors and one that used a Cim, we had to juggle the gearing to keep the current draw below what the breakers would hold for a match. As I recall it was about 50 amps. We got more vacume with the single cim, but it tended to take the breaker sooner. We got two stage impellers from a surplus place for not very much money. We also shot for about 25 to 30 K RPM at the impeller. Sorry you are done for the season.
Biff

sdcantrell56 · #3 18-03-2008, 15:02

We used a shop vac assembly and modified it to work with 2 fisher price motors. It did drain the battery fairly quickly but we never had any problems tripping a breaker. At competition we were holding the ball with over 400lbs of force and we could acquire instantly as soon as our funnel touched the ball.

Biff · #4 19-03-2008, 00:41

Great, and thanks for the answer, good luck next time. If you want the surplus source I can look it up.
Biff

Drakkon · #5 10-04-2008, 12:15

That looks really impressive. Kinda glad we weren't competing against you

cziggy343 · #6 10-04-2008, 12:20

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Originally Posted by Drakkon

That looks really impressive. Kinda glad we weren't competing against you

it was very impressive... its kinda sad they only got to go to one event

sdcantrell56 · #7 10-04-2008, 13:31

Thanks cziggy. Im actually really bummed we don't get to go to atlanta. This is definitely the best robot I've ever been a part of. I really think we could have competed against the elite teams this year. I guess next year we're going to be even better though.

sdcantrell56 · #8 13-04-2008, 00:54

Great News!!! We actually just found out we are going to the championship. Everyone look out for 1771. We also have a new device for removing the balls much quicker which was our one weakness.

cziggy343 · #9 13-04-2008, 09:38

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Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

Great News!!! We actually just found out we are going to the championship. Everyone look out for 1771. We also have a new device for removing the balls much quicker which was our one weakness.

wow! thats awesome!! hope ya'll have a great time! ya'll diserve it

Billfred · #10 13-04-2008, 10:19

This is officially on my must-see list in Atlanta.

Tom Bishop · #11 13-04-2008, 13:22

Which division are you guys in?

sdcantrell56 · #12 13-04-2008, 14:21

we dont know what division we're in yet. It is rumored top be archimedes but we will find out later in the week.

Billfred stop by and you can get a tour of the beast.

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