15 days to go, so much to do!
we've made a ton of progress in the last few days, especially with driving.
marvin, may he rip, has essentially been abandoned becauuuuuuuse CHAD WORKS! with mecanum wheels, he is successfully able to get over the bump. whoo hooo!!!! because he is the kit chassis, the gearboxes are not ideal meaning the chain falls off basically all the time. but once chad 2.0 has been created things should be better.
originally we had the rollers on the wheels mounted like this
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bad news. turns out that is not how you are supposed to mount mecanum wheels. now they are like this and everything is happier
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HE PIVOTS! HE STRAFES! HE HAS A BAND OF STRAIGHTNESS! HE [CAREFULLY...] GOES OVER BUMPS! it's wonderful.
anndini are going to allen steel tomorrow to purchase 6061 that can be delivered to jimmy. they also hope to have something drawn up in wood so that they can have a functional cam prototype.
paiataaotgor have new pneumatic [noo-noo] elevation ideas and are currently doing math to see if their idea is feasible.
annie and a crew have been working on finishing up the crate and will paint it on friday. it's going to be awfully awfully neon and with a gator! they are also making another bump and doug is making us a tower. we're still hoping to get a goal built soon.
chairmans and woodie due next week...
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