Jesse isn’t worried about overcharging per se.
They’re saying that to achieve sub-two second climbs, those minibots will be depending on an overcharged battery (to squeeze that extra little bit of performance from) to do so, and thus by the end of competitions, they’ll be damaged.
I believe the chargers we got for the FTC batteries are almost identical to this (without the branding/different color)
-Brando
we just got 1.6, i will post the youtube soon once it is uploaded.
You really want to count on that? 
Possible without a shred of doubt…
I just ran it without the gearbox and no load: @12v 7700 RPM, @14v 9100RPM. I’m not sure about the available torque.
Do we have a video Hailey?
Our minibot is just over 2 seconds, with battery. We are using the tetrix wheels, but they’ve been modified (in a legal way). From what I’ve heard, we’re still working on the CAD of the deployment mechanism.
'Scuse me?
Our minibot climbs the pole in 2.14sec (at least thats what we were told by a comment) and it is built solely from the TETRIX kit’s parts.
i’m pretty sure that with a bit improvement or Weight reduction we will be able to go up in less than 2 sec.
Our minibot’s first test run-
Here’s a 1.8 second run:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnCfXzmwe6o
And here’s the 1 second deployment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2HWZeGKp5I
Very nice minibot and deployment mechanism. Great use of springs. Very simplistic. With the minibot and it’s deployment this year I believe that the designs that are simpler will be more effective. Great work!
:eek: did it?
I would assume some of these minibots don’t have gearboxes.
Or modified gearboxes;)
Cybergnomes have just done it! 1.88 sec! With room for improvement! :yikes:
Nice job! I’m assuming you will modify you’re deployment to 18 inches.
Team 3015 here. We have made a mini robot that went up in 4 seconds or so with the battery on it. I was just wondering if that is considered good or bad?:ahh:
4 seconds as of right now seems a little below average on CD. However, I think that you’ll find that at whatever compitition you go to that 4 seconds will certainly be competitive and you will win your fair share of minibot races.
Good Luck
Im proud to say that we can deploy in .3 seconds, so if anyone wants to loan us a minibot…
Any team that gets a minibot to climb has done well. It isn’t a matter of good or bad, just a question if your design is going to be more or less competitive measured against other minibots. According to many posts on this forum, there are several minibots able to climb in 2 or less seconds and many have indicated times in the 3 second range. If you want to improve your time, consider looking through this and other related threads for some ideas to help your team out. Consider modifying your gear ratios and reducing weight to reduce your climbing time, and keep trying to improve!