pic: 295 chassis 1/19/09

[spc295]

Originally Posted by Zultraranger

Your checklist is cute.
Alright, to the PMs we go!

EricH I think that zultraranger is just jelous of 295s chassis

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by spc295

EricH I think that zultraranger is just jelous of 295s chassis

Lol, I am.

Lookin really good.

[Ian Curtis]

Nice chassis guys! Do the rear axles extend beyond the frame? If so, why?

On a side note, I was pretty surprised that the GDC responded to the 1/8th flat bar question. It seems like that has the potential to open up a whole new can of interpretation worms.

Pssst... Can we ignore these Zultraranger comments? If the thread gets dragged in that direction it might get locked, and it's such a nice frame!

[spc295]

the axles do not extend beyond the outside rail in real life, they will be anglegrinded down tomorow. we are currently waiting on the GDCs ruling, on the legality of this setup. we have some solutions to fix it, however they require a little more waterjet time, so we will see.

[waialua359]

That would be very useful for you to post that info.
It will definitely steer other teams in the right direction.

[spc295]

Originally Posted by waialua359

That would be very useful for you to post that info.
It will definitely steer other teams in the right direction.

what information do you mean, the way we plan to make our chassis useful? we plan on holding it on with some struts.

[Tom Line]

I believe he's asking where/what facility the beautiful machining work was done.

[spc295]

Harris & Bruno Intl. is the sponsor/machine shop that helped our team through the CACT program.

[spc295]

so we are awaitng the GDCs ruling, we have submitted our question, regaurding our chassis legality

[waialua359]

Hope they provide an answer and accept it as a legal chassis.

After a lot of articulation and debates, our team already started working on a solid rectangular tube backing today with provisions to remove easily.
Thus, our cantilevered wheels will be easy access for repair/replacement.

[spc295]

as of the last team update I believe that our chassis will be legal, just in case we will have some new plates milled from a metric sheet we have, that is like just a little more then 1/8th. because it will be the same as 1/8, but its not.

also now that we have both of our twins driving it is really interesting how well they drive with trailers, our tank drive is long but the front wheals do not stick out as far as the back, which really improves our turning. we were drifting and everything. I am not sure why but it drives much better then the 2007 robot on regolith. but I think it has to do with the differnce in axle lenghtes from front to back

[spc295]

from the gdc last answer i think we are in the clear

[Jared Russell]

I'm not sure why any rulings on bumper backings were ever necessary on the GDC's part. They made it abundantly clear that there would be high-speed collisions this season. A damaged frame seems to be a fair price for not heeding their warning.

And I agree with the posters here that the frame pictured should be able to withstand anything another robot can throw at it this year.

[Sean Raia]

Cool chassis, i don't want to get this thread locked but it would have been cool if the chassis had been built by the kids not just drawn by them.

If everyone bought a chassis, FIRST wouldn't be the same.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Sean Raia

Cool chassis, i don't want to get this thread locked but it would have been cool if the chassis had been built by the kids not just drawn by them.

If everyone bought a chassis, FIRST wouldn't be the same.

Have you watched kickoff?
Dave made it pretty clear on the importance of having mentors.
I also dont think its clear cut and dry on who does the work for any team.
I'm sure teams in general try to incorporate as much student ownership as possible.