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Re: Team 254 Presents: Dropshot

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Originally Posted by pipsqueaker View Post
I'm actually sure this is a swerve/omnidirectional drive and that there's no turret involved here. It's pretty obvious that the ball pickup is in the back, so if I had to guess I'd say that they use a pivoted roller to suck balls in from whatever intake mechanism they have (maybe the roller is combined with the intake too, I could see that) and then accelerate the ball linearly past those two flywheels.

Maybe a cheesy pof could check in here to tell me if I'm right?
My main indication that this is a turret is the extremely quick turning of the aim when it changes which goal it locks onto (at the end).
From my experience with programming and driving swerve, it would never change angle that quicky and accurately, especially while strafing.
Also you can kind of tell that the drive is moving in a tank-like manner.

The other reason is that 254 has a history of hating things that move sideways.
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