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Re: UpsideDown Frisbees

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Originally Posted by ProgrammerTori View Post
Remember the high goal is only a foot gap. The frisbee I think is approximately that size as well. If you shoot the frisbee vertically, getting a 12 in frisbee through a 12 in slot doesn't seem very likely. Shooting vertically will limit you to shooting at the mid goals or lower.
The disc is 10 5/8" and will fit nicely vertical in the upper goal, and may actually be able to skip in when it hits the top/bottom.

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Originally Posted by stinglikeabee View Post
Do you even need to pick them up? Make sure you take into account time to pick up, orient, store, retrieve your next frisbee and score vs. getting a full load from the feeder, getting to position, scoring, then returning to the feeder.

You may find that picking frisbees up is not worth the time and effort.

I'm not saying one way is incorrect, only that there are many things that should be considered when making decisions on how to play the game.


To help answer your initial question: have you touched/felt/manipulated an actual game piece yet? That will tell you pretty quickly how to go about what you want to be done, then you convert what you would do into machine motion.
Considering the travel time to/from the loading zone and the number of discs that will be on the floor due to missed shots, it may be worth while to pick up from the floor (this, of course, assumes an efficient way of picking the disc from the floor).

In the end, your strategy/capabilities should drive this part of the design.
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