Wow this looks great. Especially impressed by that 4 bar hang, never thought of that.
Correct me if I am wrong but you aren’t using any sort of rachet correct? So are you running your motors at low power to keep the catapult arm down or am I missing something?
Do you have any more video of scoring?
We want to explore all different types of designs before fixating on one and perfecting it. We usually stop looking at other designs at around states.
We are running them at very low power but the gearing is so strong that it barely needs to.
Props on the hanging design go to Aaron, super smart way of doing it.
Just out of curiosity, when is your states?
Last year was the end of February.
How much did it weigh?
9.1lbs I believe.
I couldn’t help but notice how much the robot moves around when you launch. Is this movement an issue for creating precise autonomous routines?
How does your locking mechanism work? I looks quite different from any others i have seen before
Which lock? The platform lock or the catapult to lift lock?
How does the intake lock work From what I understand the lift lock is a poly carb hook and a standoff.
Hi, do you mind posting some more video of it scoring? I want to see how much of a disadvantage not being able to move around with the objects actually is. Thanks.
This is correct.
As for the intake lock it is 2 lock-bars attached together shown in the video at about 3:50. when the intake is pushed up the bars press against a 1x10 bar preventing the intake to move further. We push the lock-bar joint downward to allow the intake to fold within the size restriction.
Just to clarify we do not have any lock to hold the robot in the hanging position. The combination of rubber bands and motor gearing suspends the robot in the air.
I will be using your gearing for the launcher to teach my team about compound gearing…however, I’m not sure how to include the the 2 - 12T gears on the 36T gear. How is that done? 2 1:3’s?
Vin Diesel was in the credits for Furious 7. Did you think he helped edit the video?
Fair enough, how about “pnumatics”? 