Through The Packs Like A Track Meet

The wings are equipped and we're ready for soaring. Or maybe zooming. . .and the wings are the fly wheels. . .so we'll be zooming. And that's because Nate has completely enhanced the velocity of the wheel motors, and now we are really zooming; probably at the speed of a cat. Although the speed is excellent, we do need to provide a smooth climb for our robot when it drives up the platforms. That has been a *trip*

The Ballista

The fly wheel has been faced with an opponent. A challenger with a force so strong and robust, as to deliver the ball into the air with a pertinent exertion. It is a competitor that has been introduced to each member of every team, and has been introduced as "The Ballista". The simplicity in design and the brevity in size it exhibits is what might make our recently attached fly wheel. . .a little nervous.
But Nate expressed his refusal in removing it, so no hasty ejections will be performed.
Unless of course he changes his mind. . .

Clarm

The next step in our little organized fiasco is to begin erecting a functioning arm. We'll use a basic claw to attach at the end of it, which should suffice for the basic capability of lifting those nice caps in the arena. Just a few more baby steps. . .and we might just make an actual baby.

Who Said It Was Skip Day?

It's the next day, and we still haven't found out what the problem with the back right motor is. We're hoping that it's not some disability we are unaware of, because that would be due to our own negligence for our little buddy here. Nate has also been modifying the chassis and coding any motors that are already functioning properly.
Each individual team in class also received a $50 budget to order any vex parts and accessories online, which is really nice. I think we ordered a license plate. . .

"Oh It's Not The Motor"

Our robot (which I think has a name, and I should probably know) has been subjected under the process of coding and programming. Unfortunately some problems have been encountered involving the right back wheel. Nate has personally confirmed that it is not the motor causing this inconvenience. I say personally as he doesn't know the real reason why it's not working...

Further research will be cONduCTeD on this matter

Balance Initiative

After hours of analyzing and performing various technique of observation, we have concluded that the fly wheels . . . are pretty heavy. Therefore, we have taken it upon ourselves to work on a support design for the mechanism, so our dear robot experiences as little discomfort as possible, with the wheels still positioned on its back. The team has also received a brand new cortex and motors, sported in slick black and red colors. So we say "sweet".

Robot; Poggers

Progress on the robot in Fusion 360 (*Poggers)

Poggers

Poggers; Ashley takes the now completely complete (most definitely) fly wheels onto the chassis, while Nate gets back to building the robot in Fusion 360. And so far he has completely completed the chassis. Poggers.

Working Out the Kinks

Today we are trying to finish our fly-wheel after making some minor adjustments. Our next step is going to be to test it. We are expecting to encounter some obstacles during testing, because we aren't sure weather or not the flywheel will be able to spit the ball out fast enough. Jezel and Nate are working on preparing the robot for testing and with Rachel gone I, Ashley, am doing the blog for today (even though it's on Rachel's account).