19-02-2003 22:40

Greg Needel

those are some serious treads you have there....and is that your final robot....but it is a great looking robot

19-02-2003 23:04

AJ Quick

Can you turn well?

20-02-2003 08:52

Mr.T

Does she turn well?

Gloria turns on a dime!As do most tracked bots.

20-02-2003 12:13

Josh Hambright

that is a freaking awsome looking bot...

very menacing looking

20-02-2003 13:32

Jeff Rodriguez

does that frame thing on the side flip down into a wing?

20-02-2003 14:21

Ianworld

Another great tank from McKee! Can't wait to see you at the NYC regional again this year.

-Ian (team 694)

20-02-2003 21:40

Mr.T

OGRE/ frame thing?

Yes, that "frame thing" opens like a wing. Gives us an additional 2 feet frontal area, yet still very strong and capable of taking some abuse. Didn't want to get greedy w/ very large "wings". They are nearly impossible to build strongly. Doubt very much that any robots "wings" can stand up to a "hit" from Gloria!

20-02-2003 22:29

Lord Nerdlinger

Are your treads made from a timing belt and a pulley?
And if they are where did you order them from?

20-02-2003 22:33

Lord Nerdlinger

As you can see i am very interested in treads we are a rookie team and thinking about using them next year. I just wanted to know why it is also necessary to have a chain, when you have treads. COuldnt you just attach the motor straight to one of the timing belt pulleys.

20-02-2003 23:48

Joe Clohessy

The chains are not needed.. They are there just simply to get the desired speed / torque needed for the application without the bulky gear box. The chains are easily altered / removed and can change speeds during a competition without tearing a whole gearbox out in the pits. This seems to be the most reliable way to do it.

21-02-2003 00:01

Lord Nerdlinger

O i didnt realize you guys didnt have a gear box. Do you have any recommendations for the type of treads that we should use?

21-02-2003 00:31

Katy

That's how we did ours, made each of the little black parts and then put them on a chain. The chain is held in and behind it there are gears and it hooks up to the drill motors with the handy parts they gave us.