By: Billfred
New: 18-05-2015 20:22
Updated: 23-05-2015 11:17
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We had to get a nice picture of our team and Sandstorm II, and we got just that in front of USC's Swearingen Engineering Center.

We made a few tweaks since the original photo for the Orlando Regional:

• The Wingman, a chute ramp to help land totes flat on the ground.
• We converted our pneumatic lift to a chain-driven lift, to eliminate air pressure concerns.
• We jettisoned both the H-drive (we weren't using it) and the container arm (after it flew apart spectacularly at Palmetto and got us disabled).
• The gripper was built out of fiberglass tubing using near-identical geometry, which saved us weight.
• Oh, and we redid the vinyl graphics. Apparently some dimwit with a business degree didn't catch the 4, 9, and 1 in the number were a bit under 4". D'oh.

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