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Re: Throwning the ball over the over Pass
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Originally Posted by neoshaakti View Post
alright our team has been discussing this option a lot...but I realized that the catapult idea wouldnt work if they wanted to say...hurdle...the ball
first off, in the definition of hurdling, it states "be moving toward the OVERPASS and/or elevating the TRACKBALL so that the top of the
TRACKBALL is higher than the LANE DIVIDER."
that means ure catapult will have to start at 6 feet (ht. of lane divider) in order for your robot to succesfully hurdle

correct me if Im wrong...

well the trackball itself is 40 inchs high on the ground, giving the facthat it is the "TOP" of the trackball must be over 6ft.

the ball is already 3' 8" without any support so really the catapult only needs to hold the ball up another 2' 4" which realy isn't a big deal!