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Re: How far are people shooting?

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Originally Posted by MrForbes View Post
I think 45 frisbees won't physically fit into the 3 point goal?
How do you figure that? I'm not sure, but at this field drawing, page 69/146, it appears that the high goal has a bin that is 26 inches down, 54 inches across, and 22.5 inches deep below the gap for the goal.

That's 31,590^3 inches for Frisbee to fall into, and assuming a Frisbee is 11 inches long and wide, and 1.4 inches tall, one Frisbee is ~169^3 inches. 45*169^3=7,623^3 inches.

I could have easily made an error in my calculations, or interpretations of the field drawings, but it seems to me as if 45 Frisbees would fit into the high goal without much issue.

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Originally Posted by MICHAELABICK View Post
If somebody can do this while trying to shoot over an 84" tall robot 3 feet away I will be impressed. Remember it only takes 1 small pole in front of that shooter to mess up that strategy.
That's definitely something to take into consideration, and a strategy my team is considering employing as a backup tactic, but if you could either

1) Pop a few Frisbees off before a defender comes around, and then head off to your pyramid for protected shooting, or

2) In the event your opposing alliance has a combination of immobile/shooting only/climbing only robots, use this strategy.

Last edited by DanielCH : 28-01-2013 at 01:01.