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Re: FIRST Team 2980's 2012 Open Source Robot
Hey TerryS,
The hopper lifts up about 3 inches and then tilts backwards. The lid will extend 14 inches out of the frame perimeter creating a shoot that gets the balls to about 3 inches short of the hoop, about 3 inches above the hoop.
We tested this out, and the balls pour across the gap through momentum.
I am pretty sure this will by no means be easy. We are hoping that we will be able to dump into one of the middle hoops, and if some spill into the lower hoop then so be it...
at least that is the plan.
Really, the pouring hopper method will probably only be effective during autonomous. Pour two balls in for a quick bunch of points, then we can still use our shooter. worst comes to worst we turn into a flying brick and switch back to defence until it is time to balance on the bridge.
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