[jimwick]

It seems we have nearly the same setup and experienced the same problem, but were able to fix it.

1. The opening at the front of the drywall bucket has to be JUST high enough for the f-bees to sneak out.

2. The diameter of the drywall bucket has to be JUST the diameter of the f-bee. We are using the top few inches of the bucket.

3. MOST IMPORTANT, the front lip of the lowest f-bee needs to be fully supported. Initially our setup allowed the lowest f-bee to tip a little forward; the second f-bee tried to follow it. When we changed this (enlarged the support plate) the problem cleared up.

Our launcher is a little arm which rotates on a horizontal axis below the stack and pulls the f-bee forward and out. Maybe it pushes the f-bee up just a little.

I'm going to try to attach to pics. Neither are of the finished bot. In one you can see the launcher arm, in the second you can see the plate that supports the f-bee under the stack.


good luck.