FRC 2008 - Team 1731's Riveteer Drives for the First Time

[generalJB]

Great job in the finals this year guys! maybe next year we can team up again. keep in contact,

Team 1793 Team Captain

[zanderfromav]

Outstanding job for the 1st week best of luck in comp Team 1601

[kfoxy316]

Thanks for watching! You can now view the finished product on our website or here on youtube. It's called 2008 Riveteer Preview.

[chichi98]

WOW!

All this all in 1 week?

I'm really impressed

All we had, team 931, was an idea for a chassis and an Inventor model of our chassis. That's it.

We JUST finished our full design just a few days ago. If you want to see it run just search "G7 921 2/16/08".

[kfoxy316]

Thanks for watching! You all have a nice looking robot. Good luck in the competition if you haven't already competed. I like your nice clean workshop. You can see our finished product on our website or here on youtube. It's called 2008 Riveteer Preview.

[coastermadness42]

I represent team 620, and I must say, your robot looks good. It just looks like torque is going to be a big problem. We have a video as well, but we're keeping it under wraps until Tuesday. (It's uploaded under the user name "MadTv0808", our school's morning announcements' youtube account.)

We'll see you at the Richmond regionals! How do I know this? Google maps... and some guesswork. You're close enough to us.

See you there! (and seriously, check for the video on Tuesday/Wednesday)

[coastermadness42]

BTW, I mean torque as in where your center of gravity is, not motor torque.

Also, what I say does not reflect the opinion of team 620; I guess the word "represent" was the wrong word.

[kfoxy316]

HAHA. No worries. We know exactly what you are saying and thought that through. The Riveteer is designed with a low center of gravity (14" off the floor) to prevent tipping. We did this by giving the robot a minimal amount of clearance (3/4" to the floor).The robot also has two small anti-tip mechanisms on the underside of the frame to provide extra stability. Thanks for watching. You can now view the finished product on our website or here on youtube. It's called 2008 Riveteer Preview.

[kfoxy316]

Nice robot. See you Thursday at the competition!

[fubar66]

lol, that is alot of room, my team 973, we just started driver tryouts yesterday in our band room and we broke some stuff. oops, mostly my fault too, but my co driver and i managed to get 4 hurdles and a place in 2 minutes, starting with the ball on top, hope to see you at competition

[TERRORIZOR]

wow wish we had that much room for practicing at our school all we can use is the halls

btw thats a nice robot

-team 569

[kfoxy316]

Yes, except that's not our school. We build our robot at a farm and that is the loft of a barn. It's a blessing, but it's EXTREMELY COLD!!! Thanks for watching.

[generalJB]

wow, you had that one week in? good job.

-Team 1793

[kfoxy316]

Yes. We have built very quickly this year leaving more time for perfecting our robot. Thanks for watching!