1640 Test Fire [Archive]

coastertux

13-02-2006, 08:22

Check out our test fire of our launcher/hopper. We need to tone down the speed some, but it is working well!

http://media.putfile.com/1640-Fire-Test-1

sgsdragons

13-02-2006, 11:59

I see that as being REALLY easy to block!!! :D :D :D

Josh

MrBamboo

13-02-2006, 14:30

thats the first thing i noticed too when i saw the video. A robot just needs to be in front of you to block all of your shots.

Eric Scheuing

13-02-2006, 20:33

Easy to block, and you might have a little trouble aiming. Nothing a little bit of driver practice can't fix though.

KenWittlief

13-02-2006, 20:38

wow you guys had a lot of confidence to fire that thing at the target with a PC sitting 2 feet away!

very cool - I would not worry about another bot blocking it, esp in auton mode - they would have a very difficult time finding your bot on the field and getting in your way.

BTW, what was gating the balls into the shooter? it looks like it could fire a faster sequence of shots.

Eric Scheuing

13-02-2006, 21:16

wow you guys had a lot of confidence to fire that thing at the target with a PC sitting 2 feet away!

very cool - I would not worry about another bot blocking it, esp in auton mode - they would have a very difficult time finding your bot on the field and getting in your way.

BTW, what was gating the balls into the shooter? it looks like it could fire a faster sequence of shots.
It looks like there's a conveyer going directly into it. You can see it, it looks like a yellow polycord.

blue_crew

13-02-2006, 23:47

i too am curious as how you are feeding the balls into the shooter. could you elaborate?

coastertux

14-02-2006, 15:16

We feed into the shooter from our hopper. At the bottom of the hopper we have a series of two servos that allow one ball to fall out at a time. The ball then goes up a ramp into the shooter. I will try to get some close-up pics tonight.

Cody Carey

14-02-2006, 20:18

Ahhh, It's a Dell PC, who needs 'em.

(I HATE OPTIPLEX)

:)