Thread: 2495's Kicker
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Unread 27-01-2010, 18:21
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Re: 2495's Kicker

Its run off a drive motor so its 100% controllable. We found that .6 of the 1.0 gives us the most distance (Programmer talk...), any higher makes the ball just go up. About .3 is enough to kick it short into the goal. It does have to be spun up to speed which is why we'll probably end up "dribbling" the ball (kicking it a short distance, following it, and kicking again). The power is for the autonomous we plan on trying to start at the far end and use omni wheels to kick all 3 balls to the other side.
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