Thread: Fuel Vs. Gears
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Re: Fuel Vs. Gears

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
Wait for all of the balls to drop from a hopper: 2-3s (observed in the Hopper tour video)
Time to drive to the hopper, then drive to shooting position, align to goal, and start firing: 15-1-8-2=4s to 15-1-10-3=1s

Seems like quite a stretch to me.
The robot can begin shooting their starting 10 balls before all balls fall from the hopper as well. Still not easy by any measure, but very possible. Also, even a 30 ball auto would give quite a kPa and point boost.
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