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Re: Catapult vs Wheeled Shooter

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Originally Posted by sspoldi View Post
. We found we could adapt the command profile to get pretty much any trajectory we wanted. If we went spring or bungee powered it would have been far less adaptable.

We had a lot of people comment that they couldn't believe we could shoot with a fully electric catapult. We did a fair amount of simulation to optimize the gear ratio to maximize energy delivered to the ball. A lot of teams don't do this and as a result don't get the most energy out of their device..
Can you provide a little more information:

1) About your command profile adjustments

2) What your simulation revealed about getting the most energy out of your device (speed?).
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