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Re: FRC 1444: Week 2 Shooter Prototype

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Originally Posted by catacon View Post
It's actually two Mini CIMs connected directly to two 6" rollers. Compression is about 1", but we are still tweaking that. Currently, we have a bit too much slippage which is likely due to running the motors flat-out. Like I said, though, we wanted to overdo it at first then dial it back as necessary.
We found that compressing about 2 inches with a single set of flywheels seemed to work well against a rigid plate. We also found that shooting up close gave us more repeatable accuracy, if you guys haven't mocked up the goal opening yet I'd recommend getting that going. These balls are fairly large compared to the width of the goals this year; shooting high repeatably and accurately will be a challenge.

Looks awesome so far though, let us know if you guys need anything!
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