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Originally Posted by AKSoapy29
Oh yeah, and the first shooter was 100% pneumatic, and we were constantly working on it. Tip for anyone in the future: Don't use a pneumatic shooter unless you get it working REALLY well.
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This is very true. It took three weeks of prototyping to get the shooter right on our robot this year. We even had to tweak it after that due to other pieces for better ball control and stability. However, having a pneumatic shooter was great since we didn't have to have stored energy on the bot versus a spring or motor driven shooting system.
Main lesson for using pneumatics to power a catapult: Start early and have multiple designs that can be tested quickly.