My inventor practice as of today. Decided to make a full robot instead of just a drivetrain. All suggestions from my last upload were added. The shoter is wide enough to launch 4 fuel at once and will be powered by two miniCIMs. Current weight is 54.6lbs
Still to come:
-intake
-climber
-gearage (maybe)
-various belts/pulleys/motors/gears
Any questions/further suggestions are much appreciated!
The fuel gets pulled from the bottom of the hopper and into the shooter. I haven’t added that bit yet, but it goes where the bearings under all those spacers that form the arc are.
They have to be adequately supported. Read the bumper rules very carefully. I am not involved in our team’s cad design, but I know that our team has started to cad the frame with bumpers right from the start and found it super helpful. Less issues later on. (We had years in the past where bumpers were the last thing and finding places to put the brackets was close to impossible. Then once they were placed, replacing bumpers was difficult.)