View Single Post
  #26   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 08-01-2013, 11:57
CalTran's Avatar
CalTran CalTran is online now
MST Rolla Senior
FRC #2410 (BV CAPS Metal Mustang Robotics)
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Posts: 2,414
CalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond reputeCalTran has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Linear Path Shooter vs. Circular Path Shooter?

I stand corrected on the belting. I misunderstood what was meant by belting; I was imagining that the belting in question was polycord or some other cord variant.

Quote:
Originally Posted by ayeckley View Post
Some of the confusion/disagreement/misunderstanding/whatever seems to be because folks are unintentionally discussing different implementations of the linear shooter. The major sub-categories would seem to be "single drive side" vs. "double side drive" and "nip point contact" vs. "continuous contact". So far I've mostly seen videos of "single side drive, nip point contact". I haven't seen any videos of teams prototyping a "single drive side, continuous contact" design...yet.
"NIP point contact"? Can you elaborate on to what this means?
__________________
Team 2410 thinks KISSing is amazing! Keep It Super Safe!
  • "You know you've been in robotics too long when you start talking to your tools." "Well, you've been in robotics CLEARLY too long when they start talking back"
  • Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but you don't know why. On our team, theory and practice comes together - nothing works and nobody knows why.
MMR 2410 Student (2010 - 2013) | MMR 2410 Mentor (2013 - Present)
FTC Game Announcer / EmCee (2014 - Present) | FRC EmCee (2015 - Present) | FRC Referee (2016) | FTC Referee (2017)
Academic Student (Forever)