[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

Vex motors really can't shoot anything more than a foot or so. Basically the ony things it could shoot that far wouldn't have the mass to travel far. I guess floor shooters would be fine.

I wish I still had video to prove this but, my Sophomore Year (?) I made a 1/3 scale Aim High Robot from Vex parts that shot racquet balls (the were used in the 2006 FVC game). It used two 1:7 reductions for the shooter and used 3 motors. The motors would over heat after a while and it only shot about 1 ball per second but it shot a lot more than 1 foot. I'd imagine if you were to use some kind of small lightweight foam ball or ping pong ball you could easily shoot over 5 feet. So I'd say that 2006 could be played with vex.

I think that 2008 would be the least feasible. I'd assume it'd use something about the size of a kickball. That'd be difficult to manipulate with vex motors...

Unless of course you use on of these babies: http://www.vexforum.com/gallery/file...icture_082.jpg