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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard

2122 showed up at their first regional just making low goals. They then improved by adding a climber and then eventually their extremely accurate high goal shot. They did, however, shoot from almost the ground.....
The type of shooter you choose isn't about which is objectively "the best", but rather which one fits your priorities and resources the best.

Thanks for the kind words. Your last sentence noted above is worthy of emphasis.

Having previous experience with hooded shooters (2012) and linear punch shooters (2014) we considered both before settling on a catapult design. Given the packaging constraints imposed by our desire to hang, be low bar capable and retain low and high goal scoring, our small spring catapult emerged as the best solution for us. Additionally, our picker design permitted us to quickly move the ball from low goal scoring position to catapult and back again if required by defense robots.

In terms of accuracy, on Carson through Einstein high goal accuracy was 79%. With respect to our low release point and its vulnerability to blockers, we experienced 2 blocked high goal shots out of 80 taken in teleop throughout CMP's.