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Flywheel minibot
Imagine a hamster wheel with the FTC battery balanced longways in the center with a tetrix motor on each side facing out along the axis with approx 1 stage of reduction in the tetrix transmission. Each motor has a coupling engaged to the hostbot. There are discs on either side of this assembly larger than the OD of the wheel making a spool shape. There are mechanical teeth spaced in a pattern around the OD of the wheel. During deployment this flywheel assembly spins up sitting just above a pipe shaped track with mating mechanical teeth along the length leading to a contoured ramp that blends into the vertical pole. The hostbot releases the coupling features of the motors, the wheel drops onto the track, teeth engage and off she goes up the ramp and pole. Bang it hits the target in .3 seconds and then ricochets off the target, flies over the referees head, lands 20' from the field, climbs the bleachers and lands in someones popcorn.
Is this legal? Don't try this at home kids....
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