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Originally Posted by Dale

We feel like our software is working pretty well at this point for getting from 6 to 7. Our big challenge is discs bouncing out of the goal. We suspect that is because we are shooting in such a fast burst and with such high velocity that the chain in the goal doesn't have time to stabilize before the next disc slams into it. Anyone else had that problem?

624 had this issue in their last Semi Final at Alamo. We lost that match by 4 points. Not just our rate of fire of one robot, but the combined rate of the alliance at which the disk hit the chain, and some being deflected out instead of dropping in. I did see one case on the opposite where a disk would have come out, but a follow-on disk pushed it back in.
As stated earlier (by 1986) the 7 point auto may not guarantee a winner, it does make a huge difference in the outcome. Do the math....2 hi goal disk in auto = a full run in tele.....we all have known that since January 5th though.