Panthrobotics (FRC 3337) - First Teaser Video

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by JesseK

No, the worst thing is that you miss and your alliance partner has to go chasing a ball that's rolling 15-20 ft/second. If it rolls towards the alley, your alliance partners should think twice about getting it. And that's after your opponents scored a ball (thus the reason you get it from the slot).

Put some true thought into what WILL happen, even in the rare cases, else you'll dismiss any negative tradeoffs that are based on assumptions you don't know you're making.

The pessimist in me thinks that it'll hit the alliance station, bounce into the opposing ally, and continue down the alley until it bounces back onto the defensive side and you're back at square 1.

My point merely being that it may seem cool to be able to shoot really far, but I don't think it will be practical to shoot much more than half field. It will be very difficult to shoot consistently at those ranges as +/-1degree of alignment will cause you to miss the hoop, not to mention range variations. If you miss, the ball will probably have enough energy to bounce far, far, away from the hoops (out of bounds, in the opposing alley, or across the field) on a bad rebound.

I realize that the motors can be controlled to the right speed, but I would rather see smaller diameter wheels to control speed because they're smaller and lighter and will recover after a shot more quickly which will improve consistency.