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ctccromer
26-01-2013, 23:50
http://youtu.be/muhzq_TwARc

I'm not the camera person on our team but have taken a few pictures and videos of my own throughout the build season and I decided to put them all together in one video. I used Windows Movie Maker, though it was my first time with it so I kept things simple hehehe. I think it turned out pretty well though.

Hope you like it! If you have any questions, thoughts or feedback, feel free to post here or leave a comment on the video.
Physicguy
27-01-2013, 00:03
Looks good guys...keep it up just a little it bit more tweaks and you will be on your way.
nicholsjj
27-01-2013, 00:23
This is a great video for your "rookie" video. I think that you did a terrific job showcasing a terrific robot.:D I think you had a great overall recap of Team 3753's build season so far. I would suggest that you include your team's logo at the begging of the video for branding purposes and also to include a thank you to your team's sponsors at the end of the video. This http://youtu.be/2IH6o_y0t4I is how our team includes these two items.

Also I really think your team's robot will be a great shooter this year.:cool:
ctccromer
27-01-2013, 10:18
thanks for the feedback :) As for a logo, we're still working on that. This is our 3rd year as a team and the last two years we were Raptor Robotics, but it just.. never really felt right. Sure we had a logo and a name, but we didn't use it. So this year we changed our name, logo, decided on a color scheme (black and blue), etc and are really finding our identity this year. However the logo isn't 100% done yet and I don't have a copy of it to add to the video yet.
I also wanted to add a picture of our team but again, didn't have one on me.

I'll definitely upload another video within the coming weeks, hopefully of the TEAM as well as the robot, and a logo

And for the shooter... yeah, we're EXTREMELY pumped! Yesterday the team left after the normal 6 hours we do on Saturday, but the lead mechanic, lead electrician, and I stayed another 6 hours and got an amazing amount of work done. We're starting to truly think we have a shot at top 8 at our regionals :D
TheCrayButton
27-01-2013, 16:04
Wow! Very nice! You guys are farther a long than we are.
Tuba4
27-01-2013, 16:40
What kind of motor or servo drives the swinging arm?
ctccromer
27-01-2013, 16:59
What kind of motor or servo drives the swinging arm?

The shooter arm? That's a window motor
The two drive motors and the two motors for the pneumatic wheels are CIMs
ctccromer
29-01-2013, 19:52
Uploaded a new video of us shooting. See the second link in my signature.
nikeairmancurry
29-01-2013, 21:14
How are getting, from the preload to shot so quickly?
ctccromer
29-01-2013, 22:00
How are getting, from the preload to shot so quickly?

what do you mean by preload?
nikeairmancurry
29-01-2013, 22:16
what do you mean by preload?

(Better use of words) What pushes, the dics into the shooter.
andrewthecow
29-01-2013, 22:20
(Better use of words) What pushes, the dics into the shooter.

an arm made of 1" angle aluminum driven by a window motor
shawnliner
29-01-2013, 23:02
That and a great program that cycles it while you go the button.
z_beeblebrox
29-01-2013, 23:06
Are the rapid-fired discs consistent, as the wheels might not have time to speed up after firing?

When we were testing our shooter, we learned that the discs need to be fired at approximately 1 second intervals to obtain adequate consistency.
andrewthecow
29-01-2013, 23:29
Are the rapid-fired discs consistent, as the wheels might not have time to speed up after firing?

When we were testing our shooter, we learned that the discs need to be fired at approximately 1 second intervals to obtain adequate consistency.

This depends entirely on the speed of the shooter and the distance from the goal. At full speed, the shots were relatively consistent for short-medium range. At 35%, we needed to wait ~3 seconds between shots for them to be accurate from behind the pyramid into the 3 point slot.
ctccromer
29-01-2013, 23:33
This depends entirely on the speed of the shooter and the distance from the goal. At full speed, the shots were relatively consistent for short-medium range. At 35%, we needed to wait ~3 seconds between shots for them to be accurate from behind the pyramid into the 3 point slot.

This. And around 45%-50% we needed 1.5 seconds between shots