07-02-2010 20:51

Greg Needel

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Looks to me like you just took your practice chassis and stacked it on top. It looks like there are too many cims to be one robot in this photo http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/34735? Sneaky sneaky

07-02-2010 20:54

dodar

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

hows that too many? i see 4 and you are allowed 5

07-02-2010 20:54

IndySam

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Needel is smrt.

07-02-2010 20:55

keehun

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

That's pretty cool. But I hope you are aware of the rule that prohibits you from having multiple orientations. By definition, you aren't allowed robots that can flip and keep on going.

07-02-2010 20:56

BrendanB

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Nice try!

Looks really cool by they way!

07-02-2010 20:57

Greg Needel

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

count the wires..... I think they are hiding the extra 4 cims with some clever photography

07-02-2010 20:59

dodar

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Those "extra" wires could be for quick disconnects to their control panel, just like we do on our robots

07-02-2010 21:00

Vikesrock

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

The GDC does not agree

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=14216

07-02-2010 21:01

BrendanB

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

But look at the two panels where they come together. They are not even meaning it is not one continuous piece and in both pictures there are no visible brackets to hold the two together. So they did a photoshop job.

07-02-2010 21:01

keehun

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Wow, a BIG whoops on my part. I guess I haven't been keeping up with the Q&A as often as I need to! Sorry.

07-02-2010 21:09

IndySam

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

But such a robot would have to be much taller.

07-02-2010 21:09

MrForbes

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Beautiful chassises!

07-02-2010 21:32

King Shivam

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Clever, very clever.

Nice blue on the plaction wheels!

07-02-2010 21:41

daltore

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Actually, I think there are too many things missing in this picture for us to say one way or another whether this is one robot or two. For instance, the lack of chain.

07-02-2010 21:47

AdamHeard

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

They definitely look like custom wheels to me.

07-02-2010 22:00

Chris is me

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Not tall enough to be a flippable robot.

I like the chassis though. No idea why.

07-02-2010 22:02

gallo26

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Wow! The machining that was done to cut weight on the inside of those plates looks awesome! Flip the plates and show it off! Its quite a beauty. We're planning on doing that, and it'll be quite a looker. Hahaha I guess I missed the point of the teaser, but regardless, I like it

07-02-2010 22:21

Alan Anderson

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Plaction? They look like metal to me.

07-02-2010 22:31

Akash Rastogi

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

294 has a long history of doing this. Some of the prettiest frames in FRC.

Once again, great frames. Is that wheel design any different from previous years? New iteration perhaps?

08-02-2010 00:56

Borisdamole

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

the two robots stacked on top of each other remind me of THIS mishap...

that frame has a history of GREAT defense....

08-02-2010 01:23

RyanS

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Thanks for the kind words.

The wheels are a new iteration of the wheels on our 2008 robot.
7 inch diameter instead of 4
accommodates 1 inch wide tread
The spokes are beefed up a bit to handle all of the robot weight shifting forward over the bump.
Our main sponsor Northrop Grumman did an excellent job machining the wheels and sideplates.

08-02-2010 10:45

Jordan2389Diaz

Cool Robot

You should post a video on youtube to see it drive over the bump.

08-02-2010 14:03

Nathan Streeter

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Yeah, it's not actually a flipping robot; there's just a clone stacked ontop of the original:

1. It's too short... a flipping robot requires the bumper zone to be legal upside and downside down.

2. I think Greg Needel is right - looks like there's too many CIMS.

3. The two long aluminum panels are slightly crooked, you can tell if you examine the zoomed-in picture closely.

4. Why fillet the corners of the midline, if it's one unit?

08-02-2010 14:54

EricH

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

5. Why on earth would you make a sideplate out of 2 pieces instead of 1, especially when you have the option to do 1 instead of 2?

11-02-2010 00:08

_Tanto_

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

Now thats a teaser.

11-02-2010 00:09

ChrisP

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

I was going to say the same thing!

11-02-2010 02:03

RyanS

Re: pic: 294 Teaser #2

We'll post a video when we get all of the chain and electronics on.