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Re: How far are people shooting?

The first actual frisbee shots from the TechnoKats' frisbee shooter went about 20 feet into a mentor's hands. Consistently.

After tweaking some speeds and wheel placement, it'll regularly send frisbees the full length of the field, starting at about hip level and hitting the tarp behind the goals on a still-upward trajectory. Consistency suffers ever so slightly at that distance. I doubt that'll be the team's strategy during matches, but it's fun to see it working so well.

Whether it works that well on a driveable robot remains to be seen.