Re: Are any teams planning on shooting the ball?
 

I see every team at the "finish lines" crankin up a catapult to launch a 7.3lbs ball, and it actually scares me.

Re: Are any teams planning on shooting the ball?
 

Our ball recently got rabies, so I have to take it out back and shoot it:eek:


He don't actually plan to hurdle it, but our "manipulator type thingy" will make the ball pop up at some point in the game.

Chris McKenzie
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Re: Are any teams planning on shooting the ball?
 

We are also using a vacuum manipulator to control the ball, and Bimba cylinders to shoot. We have found several important things:

Leave the vacuum on to shoot, you get better distance (if your cylinders can overcome the vacuum)

Ball inflation makes a huge difference in ball travel! Soft balls don't shoot very well!

Re: Are any teams planning on shooting the ball?
 

To all the teams which plan on shooting the ball:

Team 2669 KY Bots from Kiryat Yam, Israel has prepared a simple presentation with suggestions from FIRST on how to insure safety when building a launching mechanism.

It is called "Safe Shooter"

You can download the presentation from here:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2082

And remember, safety FIRST!

Re: Are any teams planning on shooting the ball?
 

our initial design went bust so we are now lifting it and then launching it (our initial design would've flipped the robot...)