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Re: Week 1: Thoughts, comments
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Originally Posted by Conor Ryan
- Scoring in the corner goals is much tougher than anyone expected because of the small ramp there, ideally you need 6 wheels, good ground clearance, and a powerful and fast way to propel the balls out of your robot, the dumping style will not and does not work well.
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Actually, I do not agree with this. Team 213 has used the dumping method for side unloading in Manchester. On average we can get 28-29 balls into the corner goal if we have 30 in the machine. Take a look at our machine. We do about 9-10 balls in autonomous on either corner goal (left or right).
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute class of 2010 - Mechancial Engineering
Student and Mentor, Keene High School Team 213 "The Dirty Birds" 2003-2006
College Mentor, Team 1493, RPI and Albany High School "The Falcons" 2008
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