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saintblaze4639 15-01-2017 15:26

Best way to launch fuel?
 
what do y'all think is the best way to launch the balls?
Mono flywheel? Double flywheels? Catapults? Flip Shooter? Anything else?
Thanks!!

Boltman 15-01-2017 16:13

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
Yes...

cad321 15-01-2017 17:29

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
All of the above.

DanielPlotas 15-01-2017 17:34

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
Consistently.

GeneralMit 15-01-2017 17:37

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
Flip shooter?

IronicDeadBird 15-01-2017 19:12

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
Glad it was specific enough to say fuel.
When picking a launching system don't neglect to look at the scoring system, because it is possible to design a shooter that will score you less then the low boiler.
Since this isn't ancient china teams generally don't use a chu-ko-nu , instead people opt for flywheels because you can drop a payload into a flywheel and its gone.
I did once see a triple flywheel design mounted on a claw that actuated and man that thing looked like it was designed to rip faces off...

saintblaze4639 16-01-2017 12:07

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
which is the most consistent and easiest to package though?

GreyingJay 16-01-2017 12:15

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
Easiest to package, I'd guess would be a single wheel shooter. It's just a motor, a wheel, and something to guide the path of the fuel on the other side.

Is your team trying to decide which to do? This sounds like a great prototyping exercise. Get some plywood and 2x4's, a couple of wheels, a few motors (or power drills), and have at it.

saintblaze4639 16-01-2017 12:53

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
we have a very nice single wheeled shooter with a hood, and we are trying to decide how to adjust the angle, either by bending/compressing the angle of the hood or keeping the hood steady and rotating the entire thing

parthpatel612 16-01-2017 13:42

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
No thoughts on a pneumatic launcher? :yikes:

Chris is me 16-01-2017 14:04

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
There is no "best", there's only the best that your team can demonstrably accomplish before committing to a final design. Prototype!

Top tier teams will make several different designs work at the highest levels of play; that doesn't mean they are all equally viable or good for your team.

"You don't have to prototype everything, just the things you want to work."

IronicDeadBird 16-01-2017 15:16

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by saintblaze4639 (Post 1631884)
which is the most consistent and easiest to package though?

That's dependent on needs and ability.
I can tell you what works in a perfect situation but generally we work with what you have not what you want.

Quote:

Originally Posted by parthpatel612 (Post 1631927)
No thoughts on a pneumatic launcher? :yikes:


Those are always gated by the fact you need air tanks and those take up space. That's not to say they don't work.

Awesomegamer235 17-01-2017 10:07

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
I would say something that can just keep launching the balls if it can just be fed
1 robot can sit and shoot while one goes and feeds it balls along with the other robot going and getting the gears

gorrilla 17-01-2017 11:26

Re: Best way to launch fuel?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by saintblaze4639 (Post 1631884)
which is the most consistent and easiest to package though?

Probably a single wheel shooter that feeds from underneath


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