08-01-2008 09:41

MrForbes

Re: pic: laying out the robot

ooh...ooh....I see an interesting material being used for the electronics board!

Is the robot kind of square, rather than a long rectangle?

08-01-2008 10:09

diesel

Re: pic: laying out the robot

Looks great. Can I ask a few questions?

-Are the gears boxes the AndyMark SuperShifter?
-Are there two 2 1/2 inch motors or one 3 inch and one 2 1/2 inch motor on each gearbox.
-The quarter inch aluminum is just to generalize the size of the robot, right?

Thanks.

08-01-2008 10:15

MrForbes

Re: pic: laying out the robot

The 1/4" aluminum is actually 1/4" fiberglass....a Falcon Robotics tradition...

08-01-2008 10:17

falconmaster

Re: pic: laying out the robot

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirrel ooh...ooh....I see an interesting material being used for the electronics board! Is the robot kind of square, rather than a long rectangle?

08-01-2008 10:18

deshirider430

Re: pic: laying out the robot

are those the mini-bike motors? I thought by rule of <R59>/<R60> we are only allowed four 2 1/2 cim motors on the robot. The mini bike motors are not allowed.

correct me if I'm wrong.

08-01-2008 10:19

falconmaster

Re: pic: laying out the robot

Quote:

Originally Posted by diesel Looks great. Can I ask a few questions? -Are the gears boxes the AndyMark SuperShifter? -Are there two 2 1/2 inch motors or one 3 inch and one 2 1/2 inch motor on each gearbox. -The quarter inch aluminum is just to generalize the size of the robot, right? Thanks.

08-01-2008 13:41

waialua359

Re: pic: laying out the robot

that honeycomb material looks like that strong, lightweight material that Boeing sells when they want to dump stuff. I saw it or a similar material in Washington and many Electric Car teams use that material as a substitute for fiberglass.

08-01-2008 15:20

Al Skierkiewicz

Re: pic: laying out the robot

Fredi,
If you swap the breaker panels and the speed controllers, you can use the motor wiring directly to the Victors and save some wire loss. If you put them in a row, then that will leave some room in the center for the breaker panels with the terminal block at the front and you will essentially eliminate close to 4 wire feet of loss. At 0.1 volt drop per wirefoot at 100 amps you can get a little more out of the drive system. Then you can put the battery in the front to use it as counter weight and wire to the main breaker on the outside of the robot next to the breaker panels. Cool

08-01-2008 15:51

lukevanoort

Re: pic: laying out the robot

Quote:

Originally Posted by waialua359 that honeycomb material looks like that strong, lightweight material that Boeing sells when they want to dump stuff. I saw it or a similar material in Washington and many Electric Car teams use that material as a substitute for fiberglass.

08-01-2008 16:30

falconmaster

Re: pic: laying out the robot

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz Fredi, If you swap the breaker panels and the speed controllers, you can use the motor wiring directly to the Victors and save some wire loss. If you put them in a row, then that will leave some room in the center for the breaker panels with the terminal block at the front and you will essentially eliminate close to 4 wire feet of loss. At 0.1 volt drop per wirefoot at 100 amps you can get a little more out of the drive system. Then you can put the battery in the front to use it as counter weight and wire to the main breaker on the outside of the robot next to the breaker panels. Cool

09-01-2008 21:30

llama

Re: pic: laying out the robot

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! dont tell diesel that they are super shifters!!!! then he will want to use them! pretend they arent there ben okay?