Thread: Ball Launchers? Ideas?
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Unread 08-01-2012, 01:17
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Re: Ball Launchers? Ideas?
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Originally Posted by Mark Sheridan View Post
If a team is going to store rotation energy to launch the ball, this is the way to go. Many teams have had some success with this style including me when I was on 766. It generates a lot of backspin, which improves accuracy and creates a shallower bounce of a backboard.

I am really curious what is the limit of accuracy for this design. Shooting a basket is much harder than 2006's game. Hopefully next weekend we will get a prototype running to see if this is practical.
I am thinking of doing a feeder bot, just grabbing the ball and chucking it all the way across the field is the priority and I think this will be a great mechanism to do it with.
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