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Re: polycord and yellow belt
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Originally Posted by BrendanRadabaug View Post
yup, after lots of prototype testing we found that the chain does not hurt the balls in any way other than getting some grease on them. testing included running chain at a moderate speed and pushing a ball against it as hard as possible for about a minute. that being said we only compress the balls about 1 inch on the robot itself. the motor/gear reduction is a banebot 550 with a 5:1 which gets the ball from the floor to the shooter in about 1.6 seconds.
Really? We tested our tower with polycord and powered it with chain and when the ball walked over to the chain it always left a big black line and some thin slices.
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