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Unread 03-03-2014, 23:12
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Re: Secret Sauce: Shot to Human Player

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Originally Posted by marshall View Post
Well it's not much of a secret anymore. We don't think we'll see a lot of copycats because it is not that easy to design for. Your bot needs to be purpose built to pull this off from what we think. At the very least it takes a custom gearbox and a decent amount of brute force.
I think we have the range to make that kind of shot no problem. Maybe for catapults the have to be custom built but wheeled shooters can just up the speed. I'm interested in trying this out at our next regional! Thanks for the idea!
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