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Re: Catapult issues with boulders
Greetings Folks,
Just wanted to give you an update. We found our issues. We found that we were bending our frame with each shot. The anchor to our seat belt was bending towards the shooter and the cylinder mounts were bending the entire frame down significantly. We reinforced the frame with a 1/8" thick patch plate. That worked for a day. Then the shooter went back to it's old habits because that new plate bent as well. We decided to go the route of overkill. We went with a 1/4" Aluminum plate reinforced with 1/8" angle along the long axis of the plate. The shot now makes a satisfying "ting!" when we shoot. Roughly 100 shots and not bending. We have a consistent shot at the outworks now.
he's to hoping we come out of the gate shooting!
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Currently: Coach FRC 1086/FTC 93
2006-2011 Coach FRC 2106/FTC 35
If you come to a FRC event to see a robot competition, you are missing the point.
Last edited by wilsonmw04 : 25-04-2016 at 23:00.
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