[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

This is my point. I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but better to hear it now than to get to competition and be disqualified for safety reasons (so that you have to dismantle your launcher and just be a race-bot for the rest of the tournament).

I did the math at 45 degrees and 2.5 meters and found the initial kinetic energy requirement to be 221 Joules (accounting for reasonable assumptions on energy loss, etc.).

I think that teams who try this method will (a) be disappointed in just how -hard- it is to throw that ball with a robot and (b) will be disqualified from play until they disengage their springs.

That said -- more power to you if you want to try.

Patrick

Patrick,
I think you need to sit back and think long and hard about what you just said, especially to other young minds around this forum.

"That said -- more power to you if you want to try"

Do you know how many great inventions probably started with the exact same sentence?? I would bet almost all of the great ones.

Teams WILL throw this ball, and teams WILL do it safely, and teams WILL do it effectively.

The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward...

For the teams jumping "into the deep end", we're with you, and we're proud..


Brando