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Unread 02-02-2006, 08:01
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Re: How do you aim your shooter?

For control of the rotator, we will be using a joystick to rotate back and forth manually, or will allow the camera to rotate it to face the goal (we have a switch that allows us to change between manual and automatic control). For the speed (we are adjusting speed not angle), we will use a series of 4 push buttons to change a desired speed by small or large intervals for manual control, and the camera will once again change the speed based on automatic control.

Mechanically, the speed control requires nothing extra than what we already had (one of the big CIM motors driving one flywheel), the rotator control will be done using a van door (or window) motor, driven by either a chain-sprocket connection or a belt drive (not sure which).