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Unread 08-03-2014, 23:50
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Riley
AKA: Riley
FRC #2013 (Cyber Gnomes)
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Rookie Year: 2013
Location: Creemore, Ont
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Re: Consistent shooter

Team 2014 can shoot from beyond 18 feet. At GTRE they had an extra volunteer to stand further back because we could launch the balls so far. We went to a full practice field just before the end of build season putting out springs to the second highest setting and made a moving 10 pt goal shot from about 45 feet. We do have massive power draw from out batteries as we run 2 rs 775s for our reload and also have a 6 cim drive. During our first matches it guys were telling us our voltage dropped to 4 volts and even under 4 once.
One problem we have run into though is the fact the the inflation of the balls can be different. if we use the harder balls on the field we usually shoot to high because the ball doesn't absorb as much energy.