Over or Under the Bumper intakes?

[howlongismyname]

Curious on what people are running and why?

• Over the bumper
• Under the bumper
• Under the bumper chassis extension (95 style)
• Both

[Connor-8177]

Vector is “officially” decided. No guarantees we won’t switch to 95 intake later

[StephenWitwick]

There’s gonna be a game of chicken with those center notes, and we ain’t losing it

[EpicGamer06]

Do you have a link to where the extension chassis has been shown? My team has discussed it but would love to see it implemented if it has been.

[StephenWitwick]

original post:

FRC 95 The Grasshoppers 2024 Build Thread

We are heading down a path of a fixed intake inside the frame. I call it the inside-outside intake. [image] [image] -Adds 5in to frame -No deployment mechanism required -Super strong -Full-width intake (should be about 25in rollers + note diameter effective intake width) -Mitigate/eliminate wheel pod guards bumping notes away from robot -Dead axle with over-tube rollers -1x neo drive motor, ~1:2.5 reduction via polybelt

[JamesCH95]

Scream built and tested it already while we’ve been working on other stuff.

OA 4 life.

Team SCREAM Open Alliance | Team 4522 and 4766 | Build Thread 2024

Under Bumper Prototype We have been hard at work prototyping an under-the-bumper intake system inspired by the designs of teams 95 The Grasshoppers, and Spectrum 3847. Here’s a peek into the Under Bumper Prototype CAD and some video clips of it in action. As we move from proof of concept to implementation we will need to get creative with packaging to ensure both functionality and robustness. Considering the potential for high-speed collisions at this end of the robot, durability is a top pri…

[nuclearnerd]

I nominate the “95-style” to be called “in-bumper” intake

[StephenWitwick]

our team has already started calling it the “undertaker”

[Enjsnake]

How about within-take?

[YYCDR]

What is both?

[MysticEagle52]

Having 2 intakes, likely not needed, but there’s also multiple reasons why this might be good:

• one can be a backup for if another intake fails
• maybe over number intake can double as an amp shooter or direct source intake
• speaking of which, maybe just have one intake for speaker and one for amp, if you don’t want to deal with a way to move from intake to two different systems

[BCR-Jim]

Our geometry on our arm/intake can allow to pick up from under the bumper or over. The plan is to primarily go under, but if we can go over the bumper if the need arises.