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Re: Robot Idea

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Originally Posted by TheMadCADer View Post
Why spin the whole shooter around? Why not just have two shooter wheels and two hoods opposite each other? 254 already had their shooter hood actuated, it's a common feature on that sort of design. Just make the whole robot symmetrical.
Fitting a hood, that must go down enough so it doesn't hit the ball when you're shooting through the other side, and the shooting wheel in the same side would increase the design complexity. Like the turret, the design complexity you'd add would out weight the benefits that it'd bring.
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