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[Mike Hendricks]

Originally Posted by Molten

Ok, I got to know. What did you do to your bumpers? Did you wrap them to your frame?

Wrapped em in plastic since the paint was still a little tacky.

Originally Posted by Uberbots

holy cow was that motor being back driven the whole time at the end of the video? that doesn't seem like a good idea ):

i think you need one of those whatchamacalit gears... the ones that freespin on backdrive

There's a worm gear in the window motor for the backdrive, but the software wasn't controlling tilt correctly when that video was shot. It'll be fine .. don't worry

Originally Posted by rc_cola1323

Hope to see you guys at Davis, and is there protection for that fan btw. I can't tell in the video.

Yes, the wheel is covered in lexan, although there isn't much that you can get hurt on (or break for that matter). As far as Davis is concerned, we were next on the wait list, but didn't make it - so we got into LA instead.

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Very cool. I think you're well on your way to a 3rd straight creativity award.

See you in LA.

Thanks Joe Come say hi sometime ..

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Do you have an electronic gyro measuring your turning as well? It would seem to be extremely difficult to accurately turn via a spinning gyro without some closed-loop control software.

Yes, it's closed loop.