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Originally Posted by Dudeguy246
Instead of sharing your picture via Google Drive, try using an image sharer. It looks much nicer.
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That... would explain the lack of thumbnails. Thanks, will do in the future.
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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky
Nice robot but misleading title. This is not a timelapse.
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Our bad on that, yeah. The reason for the naming scheme basically has to do with last year's video's, which were much more timelapse-y. We entered this year expecting our videos to be generally similar, but they've ended up turning out more like, well, this. We're keeping the name for consistency, but may change it slightly next year.
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Originally Posted by kitare102
Looks like you're a bit lacking for power if you want to get to the high goal. Immediate and fairly easy ways I see to fix it (for your consideration, seems like this setup works perfectly for a low-goal-oriented bot):
1) Replace the BAG motors on the Versaplanetaries with 775pros. Easy upgrade in available power and the Versas can (theoretically, shortages allowing) be changed if the RPM ends up less usable. We're using 775pro's with a 3:1 reduction, though that method has gotten considerably harder now that Vex is out of the 3:1 stages.
2) Move the wheels closer together, such that there is more compression on the ball. We're using a 2.5" compression on the ball, and yours looks looser than our does. A lot of teams appear to have gotten success with ~3" of compression.
2a) If your wheels are too rough to allow for more compression and you worry about damaging the ball, switch to a smoother wheel. We're using Colsons and have had no problems at all with ball wear.
Interesting the design parity we're seeing with this year's game. Not sure if that's a good thing or not, but none-the-less, you guys have done well your design.
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Thanks for the advise, we did end up moving the wheels closer together, but the issue in the video wasn't the power behind the wheels, but the angle at which we were shooting. We didn't have our encoder working yet so the operator had to hold the arms at the right angle to fire. We could never hold them in the right place for long enough to fire the ball out, so we never got footage of it working. The encoder is working now so all we need to do is fire of a few practice shots