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Re: Catapult issues with boulders

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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley View Post
If the boulders you are seeing on the field are consistently stiffer than what you originally tuned for, the solution is obvious - just retune your catapult to that ball. If you are seeing variation in the balls that are on the field between stiff and less stiff, then the real fix may be to adjust your cradle to either hold that ball in the cradle through the stroke - or to completely adapt 'rolling off the tips'.
The boulders would start out stiff, and then they would get run over by a robot. A few boulders were completely flattened by robots that came over the CDF. In many matches there was a broad mix of new/used boulders, particularly on Saturday morning.
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