by Toni
8/29/2012 21:48

In trying to redesign
Poor Punctuation 2.0 to make it sturdier we were having terrible weight issues, so we wiped the slate clean, and doodled for a while. After a short while, we'd come up with this antweight design, and we've decided to build it for Franklin.
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by Toni
8/29/2012 20:13

We were really excited by our last beetleweight design but then we got to thinking about the fact we're going to be flying to the NERC Franklin Cup competition, and trying to get a 36" blade in a case would be a challenge.
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by Toni
8/12/2012 20:27

We have a little work to do today, but it shouldn't take long, so we sneaked in a couple more build hours for the featherweight to see what more we could get done on the chassis, seeing as though our ESC hacking didn't go so well yesterday.
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by Toni
8/11/2012 19:11

Hooray! Another free Saturday we don't have to work, so time to build! We've loaded Milly up with a few G-code programs, and while that's running, We're going to try programming the TZ85A speed controllers for brushed motors.
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by Toni
8/6/2012 19:39

Lauren did really well with her first ever 'bot at her first ever competition, going 3-2 with
Malicious Mule. The one flaw was a lack of speed, as those 50:1 Copals, while having plenty of pushing power were geared very low.
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by Toni
8/5/2012 19:55

Ever since the dismal failure of our featherweight
Formidable Fustigator 2.0 we've put large blades on the backburner and focused our efforts on simpler, more robust 'bots.
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by Toni
8/5/2012 17:47

Having mowed the yard this morning, we have the rest of the afternoon free, so it's time for a bit more work on the chassis for our featherweight.
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by Toni
8/4/2012 17:17

After waiting what felt like an eternity for a Saturday to roll around, we finally had some time today to hit the Build Space and do some work on our relaunched featherweight
Intrusive Interloper 2.0.
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