Team 1538 Proudly Presents: Daisy Thunder

[EagleEngineer]

can't wait to see thunder at san diego. Amazing design.

[DaveCraig]

Simply amazing

[kingbrandon14]

I am so jelly of that ground retrieval system! I really wish we had thought of that. It's simple, yet effective!

[THE DYNAMO]

I'm glad you guys got that issue with the feeder bending worked out! It was great to see you at Mission Bay, I always love your bots. We finally figured out that the key in our loader was gone, and now our loader/hopper doesn't have jamming issues. I can't wait for SD!

[savagecreature]

Truly impressive! You guys are amazing. You give our very rookie (even though we are second year) team something to aspire to. Good luck this year!

[mman1506]

I think your pictures are broken.

[Jon Jack]

Originally Posted by stevend1994

Very beautiful robot, I can't wait to watch it compete; really wish I could see this in person. Love the custom painted performance wheels


Also, any particular reason there are no fans on the Talons-as it seems like you are using all Talons.

We have fans on the four talons used on the drivetrain because those are under the most continuous load. The 550 motors on the intake and loader draw very little current, even under load, so we felt no need to put fans on those 4 talons. The shooter motors only see brief spikes in current when a disc is being shot, otherwise they draw almost nothing. The arm is powered by 2 CIM motors, but it also does not see enough continuous load to justify putting fans on the talons. After 5 minutes of driving and shooting the talons on the arm barely start to warm up.

So far we've been thrilled with the Talons.

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by Jon Jack

We have fans on the four talons used on the drivetrain because those are under the most continuous load. The 550 motors on the intake and loader draw very little current, even under load, so we felt no need to put fans on those 4 talons. The shooter motors only see brief spikes in current when a disc is being shot, otherwise they draw almost nothing. The arm is powered by 2 CIM motors, but it also does not see enough continuous load to justify putting fans on the talons. After 5 minutes of driving and shooting the talons on the arm barely start to warm up.

So far we've been thrilled with the Talons.

Ah, okay. I assumed I just didn't see the ones with the fans, and assumed that the fanless ones were used for other things.

[Basel A]

I always wait with great anticipation for that first elite robot reveal of the season. This is it. Looks brilliant. Good luck!

[ToddF]

I've been looking, and I still can't figure out how you get the disks off the floor. It's like magic. Very impressive. Good job.