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Re: Shooter consistency

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Originally Posted by TRIron95 View Post
At our recent regional in Lubbock, we had an issue with our autonomous shooting not being consistent despite our measuring and adjustments to positioning. One of the ideas that came up was that a 13V charged battery vs a 12V battery may give the shooter more power causing it to shoot harder/higher. our shooter is a fixed position. Any ideas on what we can do to correct that or what may be wrong?
Get a sensor to measure your shooter speed such as a halleffect sensor. By using the feedback of the sensor to determine shooter RPM you can determine if the shooter is actually at the correct speed. There are numerous ChiefDelphi threads about this.
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