[S.P.A.M.er 17]

Originally Posted by Kusha

Is this really a good alternative to vision targeting?

That is up to your driver. As stated earlier;

Originally Posted by EricS-Team180

We started off with both an automatic vision targeting system... and the manual targeting of the driver with the flashlight. The driver got so good with the photon cannon... that he abandoned the auto-targeting.

Only after trying out both vision targeting and a light will you be able to tell which is right for your driver. The flashlight was stuck on our 'bot last year just to please the mighty George Wallace. A few were skeptical at first. But our driver liked it much better, and that's what stayed with our 'bot through all of the competitions. As with any idea, it's hard to tell what is a better alternative until implementation. Though I still agree with some of the other posts. Be careful with your aiming. A light straight to the eye of the opposing alliance is not a good thing.