Top speed?

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

Did anyone say drift control?

No, they said high speed....which is generally a different subject....

(unless you're on a dirt track)

[Protronie]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

Did anyone say drift control?

Originally Posted by squirrel

No, they said high speed....which is generally a different subject....

(unless you're on a dirt track)

Drifting robots... NOW THAT WOULD BE EXCITING!

[flamefixed]

i know this is pretty unrelated to this topic but, when coming up for new tshirt designs for this year, we decided to go with a rather known quote from a new comedy racing movie that has been out for a little while. We get to the kickoff, see the game, and WOOWWWWW!! haha.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

Did anyone say drift control?

hehehe ... make way for sprint cars ... erm robots

Seriously though, the top speed allowed is the speed in which you can still control yout 'bot.

Anything beyond that will be 'unsafe'.

This may also be the year for suction cups on your OI, as I can see the drivers stations taking some wicked hits.

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

hehehe ... make way for sprint cars ... erm robots

Seriously though, the top speed allowed is the speed in which you can still control yout 'bot.

Anything beyond that will be 'unsafe'.

This may also be the year for suction cups on your OI, as I can see the drivers stations taking some wicked hits.

There are long Velcro strips provided at the player stations this year - guess the GDC saw this coming!!

[Tomasz Bania]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

There are long Velcro strips provided at the player stations this year - guess the GDC saw this coming!!

But AFAIK, they are right in the middle of the stations therefore i see some teams having control mounting conflicts.

[Miniflash]

i think to fast could do damage to your own robot if not others lol try taking the 90 degree turns really fast and tell me you dont hit the wall

[Rupnick]

last year we had a 16fps robot and if anyone was at the Milwaukee regional they would have seen our programming error where we went full forward for 2 secs and for got to put the stop in. Needles to say it was devistating we hit the far wall at full speed and thewheels just kept moving. Head ref estoped us and that was the end of that. It truly was a sight to see.

[Tom Line]

I think you should consider that just like last year - in the absence of other robots you might be able to hang 10 or 11 tubes. When other robots are present, however, you are sometimes lucky to hang 3 or 4.

I would bet with slow movers on the course and having to dodge other robots, even disregarding hurdling and pushing balls, you'll average 8-10 second lap times.

[gurellia53]

Originally Posted by Rupnick

last year we had a 16fps robot and if anyone was at the Milwaukee regional they would have seen our programming error where we went full forward for 2 secs and for got to put the stop in. Needles to say it was devistating we hit the far wall at full speed and thewheels just kept moving. Head ref estoped us and that was the end of that. It truly was a sight to see.

Haha I remember that. I think we were up next so was able to get a good view of it. And someone on our team brought up that incident on Saturday. Anyways...

with 6 robots on the field, If there are a few that are hurdlers and some who just try to race around the track, I expect to see a lot of congestion. Hopefully the hurdlers have a low enough center of gravity that if they are hit at high speed, they wont hit the overpass and tip over.

[GBilletdeaux930]

Originally Posted by Rupnick

last year we had a 16fps robot and if anyone was at the Milwaukee regional they would have seen our programming error where we went full forward for 2 secs and for got to put the stop in. Needles to say it was devistating we hit the far wall at full speed and thewheels just kept moving. Head ref estoped us and that was the end of that. It truly was a sight to see.

I think i remember that.... i seem to remember a bot driving across the field, heading straight at one of our alliance members bots...hit one of the supports on the side and spun into the wall right before it got there i think so it didnt hit the bot luckily lol

On another note...

now im not so good at the whole weight distribution thing but if you hand your center of gravity more to the left side of the bot wouldnt that help the bot turn sharper or quicker? I guess if there was too much weight to one side your bot wouldnt go very straight... but i dunno so yea

[team877]

haha i think after this competition is all said and done with we shall bring our robots out into the giant parking lots of these stadiums and have some good ole robot drag racing anyone with me?

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Is anyone besides me seeing robodonuts?

[tkgamer]

I dont belive there is a top speed but just to be safe i would advise not going over 40.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Scott Carpman

Good luck trying to turn with a 30 fps drivetrain...

It's all relative...

It all depends on what type of drive system you are going to be using I guess.