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Re: Team 3620 Ball Launcher Prototype

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Originally Posted by SenorZ View Post
Beautifully hidden mechanism... Is it more accurate at shorter distances?

PS: love the sound it makes
In that video were were testing using one motorized bottom axle and one un-motorized axle on top. This gave the ball top spin rather then when both axles were motorized and the rig simply shot a knuckle ball. The whole rig is powered by a 12 volt Dewalt battery for now. That video was taken and the near end of its battery life so that was as far as we could shoot. It is reasonably accurate from most distances. The shooter was lined up at the distance that it would be from mid court on the First field. On the topic of accuracy though you may notice in the video that someone is holding the shooter at the angle it is. Accuracy was not really the test here, yet eyeballing things did seem to work

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