pic: Look what Samta Left us!

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[MrForbes]

Wow, that looks great! Looks like you'll be busy putting together....

Are the three sided roundish tubes an extrusion, or milled?

[JohnFogarty]

O.o lol it's an expensive way of doing what we did loool

[Fe_Will]

Very nice. Where is the like button when you need it. I may have to sneak over and see this in person.

Any idea of the weight?

[Akash Rastogi]

An estimate on cost of 1 system would be nice too please. PM if you don't want it published.

[gblake]

Hmmm... If Santa left it for you, then it must be illegal. He delivers in December and that is before the build season starts

PS: Oooh! Shiney!

[MrForbes]

Santa did not leave the parts, Samta did.

Read the subject line

[gblake]

Originally Posted by squirrel

Santa did not leave the parts, Samta did.

Oh! Is that Santa's less reputable cousin, the one who sells stuff out of the back of his sleigh?

Originally Posted by squirrel

Wow, that looks great! Looks like you'll be busy putting together....

Are the three sided roundish tubes an extrusion, or milled?

Milled. They're referred to as a tri-lobular boss. They sandwich the two sideplates together. Definitely go check one out if there's an Outback sponsored team at your regional(s).

Originally Posted by Fe_Will

Very nice. Where is the like button when you need it. I may have to sneak over and see this in person.

Any idea of the weight?

You're welcome to! Or rather, go see 997's, as we're a bit of a drive from Corvallis...

Weight for one assembled chassis (not including gearboxes, motors, pulleys) is 12.4 lbs. Insanely rigid and tough, with plenty of mounting for several team's superstructures.

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

An estimate on cost of 1 system would be nice too please. PM if you don't want it published.

Actually, since Outback teams work with Outback, it varies from team to team. Some teams buy their own stock, and the machine time is donated, some team buy everything. It really varies. If you're interested, shoot me an email and I can put you in touch with someone at Outback.

Originally Posted by gblake

Oh! Is that Santa's less reputable cousin, the one who sells stuff out of the back of his sleigh?

Nope, Samta is my play on the name Sam, for the leading machinist on the west coast, owner and head guy at Outback Manufacturing.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by CraigHickman

Milled. They're referred to as a tri-lobular boss. They sandwich the two sideplates together. Definitely go check one out if there's an Outback sponsored team at your regional(s).



You're welcome to! Or rather, go see 997's, as we're a bit of a drive from Corvallis...

Weight for one assembled chassis (not including gearboxes, motors, pulleys) is 12.4 lbs. Insanely rigid and tough, with plenty of mounting for several team's superstructures.



Actually, since Outback teams work with Outback, it varies from team to team. Some teams buy their own stock, and the machine time is donated, some team buy everything. It really varies. If you're interested, shoot me an email and I can put you in touch with someone at Outback.



Nope, Samta is my play on the name Sam, for the leading machinist on the west coast, owner and head guy at Outback Manufacturing.

If some teams are paying for them, what is the cost of the entire unit?

[Jon Jack]

I'm really curious on the cost of this system...

If teams are paying for this system as a package, then does the entire system cost less than $400? It looks like every part is fabricated, just the cost of the machinists time would exceed $400. This doesn't even begin to touch on the cost of material.

This must mean that Outback is selling these systems to teams at a substantially reduced rate and taking a loss, right? Could any FIRST team call up Outback and get this system for $400 or less?