pic: 1139 Teaser

[Rickertsen2]

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[bombadier337]

I LLOOVVEE the chassis, it's nice to see a team using some good ol' tube aluminum and welding! Looks fairly similar to ours. Very intrigued to see how that fires! Best of luck in your competitions!

[sanddrag]

What is the clear tubing and where did you get it? How is the turret supported?

[crazycow]

looks like a lexan tube, my team is using the same thing, hope it works out for you too. BTW how is that shooting? and nice rotating turret and elevation control, we run the same simple turret idea, but completely different elevation control.

[Rickertsen2]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

What is the clear tubing and where did you get it? How is the turret supported?

its 8" lexan tubing. Part no 8585K48

got it from good old McMaster which is about 20 mins from our shop

The turret is supported by a big ol 17" ring shaped turntable also from McMaster. Part number 18635A54

Originally Posted by crazycow

BTW how is that shooting?

Works pretty awesome. It's rate of fire is going to be a little slower than some of the pitching machine designs probably are, but its dead accurate. How did we make a directly actuated pneumatic shooter that acheives 12m/s? Well, thats a secret. The turret works excellent as well. The only thing that we are all a little worried about is the hopper.

[Eric Scheuing]

How does it load? From a hopper on top?

Also, how does it shoot?

EDIT: Never mind. I see the pneumatic piston.