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Re: Drum shooter?

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Originally Posted by viggy96 View Post
Does anyone here think it would be reasonable to shoot balls using a spinning drum, rather than a wheel, so that you could shoot 2 or 3 wide?

Our current plan is more or less inspired by 148's 2009 bot, Tornado, (though without the fancy ball storage) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCVLZFyEI1Y) and we were trying to see if we could put a shooter on it as well, to shoot for the high goal. Being able to empty the hopper faster would be very beneficial.
Instead of doing a shooter that is 2 or 3 times as wide, you could fit possibly two to three shooter that handle one ball each. It can increase your accuracy and may only take up a little more space.
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