Chief Delphi - Sometimes Bumpers & Kickers don't mix

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Originally Posted by =Martin=Taylor= (Post 913412)

The bumpers are 5" tall, and the bumper range is 10-16" above the floor. So couldn't you move them up a little and get 2.25" of clearance above the ball?

The bumpers are also rounded, so the ball can go "through" them a little.

And unless you're getting really far under the ball with your kicker, its pretty hard to get 45* anyhow...

When you have your "ball magent" adding back spin it is actually real easy to take off well higher then 45 degrees and even with mounting the bumpers as high as legally possible we are still running into an issue. The only solution it looks like we have is to not allow the ball as far into the robot.

Edit: didnt want to hijack the thread so here is our kicker playing some what nice with our bumpers after tonight's modifications http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=81914