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I promised a long time ago to upload photos of these wheels that were used for 13 matches at worlds, including 3 matches on Einstein. If you want to hear the story behind how these wheels got covered in epoxy and sponges you can click here to see the thread I posted after Champs.
StuyPulse is currently (AT THIS VERY MOMENT) competing at the China Robotics Challenge. If you would like to watch that you can find the stream here.
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12-08-2016 07:50
yarden.saa
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And I thought we were having real issues during Einstein. next week we are going to open for the first time the gearbox that broke in Einstein QF match 1 that we replaced. I will post a photo
12-08-2016 09:53
wesbass23
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That isn't a mecanum wheel.
12-08-2016 10:59
ctt956
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Originally Posted by wesbass23
That isn't a mecanum wheel.
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13-08-2016 01:06
Jay O'Donnell
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Originally Posted by ctt956
I was expecting a Lunacy wheel...
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13-08-2016 02:41
ollien
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Originally Posted by Jay O'Donnell
I can think of one Einstein those were definitely on.
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13-08-2016 03:37
asid61
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Originally Posted by ctt956
I was expecting a Lunacy wheel...
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What a heroic wheel! I thought it had been packed with chewing gum when I saw it at first...
13-08-2016 11:58
TheBoulderite
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Wow. As long as they worked it's a good fix, right? Congrats again on winning Curie! Good luck in China!
13-08-2016 16:55
GeeTwo
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Still waiting for hot dog wheels!
Seriously, that is an amazing pit crew patch job. If I were with your team, I'd make a bunch of buttons with this picture, and the phrase "The Ugliest Wheels on Einstein", and wear one with honor.
14-08-2016 11:02
jijiglobe
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Originally Posted by wesbass23
That isn't a mecanum wheel.
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In fact, if you go by wheel count (as we only destroyed two wheels) you could say that mecanum wheels have actually seen more representation on Einstein than yolo epoxy wheels.
14-08-2016 12:24
wajirock
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Originally Posted by jijiglobe
Unless someone can tell me of another time where a team with wheels held together primarily by epoxy made it to Einstein, I think they're about equally as likely (as, to my knowledge, 2015 was the only year a mecanum bot made it to Einstein).
In fact, if you go by wheel count (as we only destroyed two wheels) you could say that mecanum wheels have actually seen more representation on Einstein than yolo epoxy wheels. |
14-08-2016 13:40
Knufire
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2590 also had a mecanum intake on Einstein in 2014.
14-08-2016 17:35
Joe Ross
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These wheels were one match away from Einstein: https://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/24706
14-08-2016 19:57
ratdude747
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Originally Posted by ollien
Overdrive?
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14-08-2016 19:59
ollien
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Originally Posted by ratdude747
Nope, but 2171 was running them and were Finalists on Curie that year. IIRC 2015 was the first year of mecanums (and Kiwi drive) on Einstein.
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That's hysterical, regardless. I was joking.
14-08-2016 21:14
RoboChair
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Originally Posted by ratdude747
Nope, but 2171 was running them and were Finalists on Curie that year. IIRC 2015 was the first year of mecanums (and Kiwi drive) on Einstein.
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14-08-2016 23:44
ratdude747
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Originally Posted by ollien
How did 2171 get a hold of them a year before?
That's hysterical, regardless. I was joking. |
15-08-2016 00:03
ratdude747
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Originally Posted by RoboChair
Team 1671 the Bird Brains were the fist team to actually field a mecanum drive base on Einstein carpet in all of FRC in 2015.
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At least from what I saw on hopper they were...
edit- yes they were:
It's a tie then as they both played in Match 1 of Einstein 2015... Unless you want to count physical touching of the carpet, which I think is missing the point
15-08-2016 10:04
Chris is me
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Two hot takes for this thread which somehow became a discussion about mecanum wheels:
1. We won't see mecanum wheels actually touch the carpet on Einstein again for quite some time, if ever - at least at North Champs, maybe the depth at South Champs is limited enough to make it work?
2. Mecanum drive, properly coded with a good gyro and control scheme, was almost strictly better than a traction drive in 2015, particularly if you played in the landfill. Teams that had the ability to implement mecanum, but chose not to, were at a disadvantage, but made up for it in other areas (intake, etc).
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