2014 FRC Choo-Choo wheel reset geometry calculator

This year’s FRC robot has a catapult arm that requires a reset wheel mechanism that will pull the arm down and release it automatically by just rotating a single “choo-choo” wheel.    The exact linkage lengths and relative pivot point locations are determined by the attached excel program.

2014 FRC arm pivot geometry calculation

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2 Responses to 2014 FRC Choo-Choo wheel reset geometry calculator

  1. Watch “Choo Choo Test” on YouTube » Memphis First Teams says:
    February 10, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    […] From: Va,fim’s Blog […]

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  2. vamfun says:
    February 25, 2014 at 12:23 pm

    thanks for the comment. I like the video demonstrations. It saved me the trouble of posting one of ours.

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