04-02-2003 21:19

Dima

ummm pretty

i like it very much!

i like the idea of not wasting a second actuator to switch gears

i wonder what could those 2 "platforms" on the sides be for (you can clearly see one and the begining of the other)

04-02-2003 21:37

Joe Matt

Re: ummm pretty

Their not platforms, their tank treads.

04-02-2003 21:42

Clark Gilbert

He's talking about the things pointing straight up that look like a "T"

I'm not sure what those are for

04-02-2003 21:50

Joe Matt

Oh, that thing....

That's probably the stand for the super-duper-really-cool-shinny thing, and eveyone know what THAT does....

04-02-2003 22:50

rbayer

Am I blind, or did you guys decide not to go with all 3 motors? I see the Chips and the Drills easily enough, but the FPs are nowhere to be seen!

Also, where did you guys get those nifty Delrin(?) Brecoflex pulleys from? They look really cool and I'd guess are much cheaper/lighter than the beasts from Brecoflex.

04-02-2003 23:04

Cory

Cheaper!!! har...plz. Clark said they costed somethign like $1500(i think?) for all of them. I dunno how much the brecoflex ones cost, but i dont think its that much

Cory

05-02-2003 09:48

Andy Baker

OK

Rob, you have a keen eye. But... if you look closely at the gearbox nearest to the camera, there is a spot for the F-P motor. We figure that by adding the F-P motor, it will give us about 18.62553% more power. So, we've got that going for us, which is nice.

The Delrin pulleys were made from 10" long Delrin pulley stock. We made piles of white stringy stuff... which we stuffed inside of the "super-duper-really-cool-shinny thing".

Currently, we plan to use our F-P motors to spin the "super-duper-really-cool-shinny thing" at about 1,000 rpm, and everybody knows what that is going to do.

So... our big dilemma is how we are going to use these F-P motors. Do we go for more power or do we spin the "super-duper-really-cool-shinny thing"?

We are currently developing a motor cloning machine that replicates these kit motors while making them all legal to use on our robot. All we need to do is take a metal shaving from the housing of the motor, put it into the machine, pour in some Mt. Dew... and voila... another legal motor!

Andy B.

05-02-2003 10:21

Beast314

Once again my hat goes off to the techno drive. If only we had the time and resources to manufacture such a design. I'll be sure to take a real close look at it in St. L.

05-02-2003 12:01

T967

Techno Kats-1st question:how much dew do you consume? 2nd question:Are you going to st. louis again? third: nice transmission Fourth: If you are going to st. louis, Did you notice how many rookie teams are there, again. We were last year but we thought it would die down after that. Take a look even if you aren't going to st.louis, about half the teams are 2 year teams or less. This is not bad, just odd that so many rookies sign up for the SLR.

05-02-2003 21:17

Techno Kats-1st question:how much dew do you consume?
Not much, we live in a town with a coca-cola bottling plant, and the nice guys keep a coke machine filled up for us, so mostly we drink coke products. (Note, Technokats is one word )

2nd question:Are you going to st. louis again?
Again? We didn't go to St Louis last year. This year we are signed up for it though.

third: nice transmission
Thanks

Fourth: If you are going to st. louis, Did you notice how many rookie teams are there, again. We were last year but we thought it would die down after that. Take a look even if you aren't going to st.louis, about half the teams are 2 year teams or less. This is not bad, just odd that so many rookies sign up for the SLR.

Yes

06-02-2003 11:58

T967

2nd question:Are you going to st. louis again?
Again?
We didn't go to St Louis last year. This year we are signed up for it though.2nd question:Are you going to st. louis again?

Yeah I thought y'all went last year. There is a team that we went into the finals with that was called the Wild Kats. The K threw me off. By the way St. louis is very cool. It's a Arena, but they have ice so they put down the flooring like they had at nationals last year. Cold on the bum if you sit on the floor to long. Oh, and the arena staff is really up tight about bringing your own bevrages in so hid them well or use theirs. If you have any other questions about st. louis go ahead and ask away.

06-02-2003 13:34

David Kelly

umm..... http://www.usfirst.org/frc/map/FMPro...-max=all&-find

06-04-2003 15:09

jon virgi

Where did you guys buy that delrin pulley stock, and how did you make the treads, and where do you buy that kind of stuff?

07-04-2003 01:09

Andy Baker

The pulleys and belts were purchased from FN Sheppard. This company is a competitor of Brec-o-flex.

We bought delrin pulley stock and our students made the wheels on a lathe.

Andy B.