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Re: [FTC]: Help with shooting mechanism?

These high gear ratio spinners take a while to get up to speed. So wait till they are at full speed before shooting.

Note: In MD, some teams spun up their motors at the start of the match before Autonomous was actually enabled.

I posted a question on the FTC Q&A regarding the legality of this. As I suspected it's not legal for a couple of reasons. Only the servos are permitted to be powered before autonomous is run...

So you just have to wait before shooting.
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