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Re: moving in auto

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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo View Post
Goodness, not moving is essentially a death knell, as your opponent will have a full 20 seconds to pop balls into your trailer. Our best attempt was all 20 balls tossed in 20 seconds, most went in, not easy to miss.
My team is implementing a "trailer rescue" autonomous mode. At 0.06 g acceleration, it will take 5.9 seconds to cross the field and bump the lonely trailer out of range of the shooter (impact speed is 11 feet per second), toward a friendly corner.