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Re: Ball Intake Mechanisem

Thanks for the Good advice!

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Originally Posted by abigailthefox View Post
Hey!
I'm from the Raptors, and honestly, a piece of advice is that while belts are cool, we learned the hard way that you shouldn't necessarily do them unless you're ready for a lot of challenges that accompany them. Belts can be very tricky, and while they do look really cool, on our robot, they weren't the most accurate.
Also, I'd recommend that if you do use them, put a backstop on one end!! This will help prevent the ball from coming out the other side unintended.
Belts can also be a huge power draw...so depending on how the rest of your robot is run/priority of scoring, that might be something to consider.
Best of luck in 2016!!!
Thanks a lot!
Do you have any more advice / resources? Maybe even the CAD itself?
Do you have anything else about accuracy?

Last edited by tomer : 15-01-2016 at 17:24.