Team 2607 makin' then shot

[dellagd]

http://youtu.be/P_-uB_0vXxY

[MrForbes]

Why not show all of it? We posted video of ours weeks ago...

[dellagd]

Well, I guess I didn't want to show our turret design right now. We need any edge we can get!

[EricLeifermann]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Well, I guess I didn't want to show our turret design right now. We need any edge we can get!

Teams have 10 days to finish, if they don't have a turret designed/built by now they aren't going to have one.

Keeping your designs "secret" is totally your teams choice, but I personally don't see why so many teams are so scared to show what they have. If you want to be the best you have to beat the best and if you think you have the best why not share it or show it off and be proud of it. Most teams aren't going to drastically change their idea because a team shows what they've got. Look at 179 you think that teams dropped what they were doing and decided to build a 179 type bot because they showed it could be done? Sure a team or 2 might have but the majority of people saw it as an inspiration for following years to think outside the box and try something different.

In your video even if you hadn't blurred out your robot from the distance you shot the video from people wouldn't be able to see that much detail in what your turret.

That being said, good luck this year.

[dellagd]

Keeping your designs "secret" is totally your teams choice

Thankyou

[EricLeifermann]

I don't know why you're thanking me. Either you are choosing to have selective reading or you didn't read my whole post. I say it is your teams choice but I also say I don't understand it(which is nicely saying I don't agree with it). If you feel that keeping your robot "secret" is giving you an "edge" then you are wrong.

What gives teams an edge is hard work, working within your teams means, good scouting, great robot driving, and an excellent chemistry between the drive team.

[dellagd]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

If you feel that keeping your robot "secret" is giving you an "edge" then you are wrong.

What gives teams an edge is hard work, working within your teams means, good scouting, great robot driving, and an excellent chemistry between the drive team.

I completely agree, and we are putting in hard work. I didnt know that this would offend people by bluring out part of a video

[MrForbes]

I'm not offended, just curious. We learned long ago that showing our designs doesn't hurt us, and it can help other teams. Also if we have an idea that we think is pretty good, and we let folks look at it, they might let us know about problems we didn't anticipate....

[EricLeifermann]

I'm not offended either. I wasn't trying to say that your team or any team for that matter doesn't work hard, I was saying that hard work is just part of the equation that gives team an "edge' as you put it.

[dellagd]

Oh. Well, uh, we know!

Also, I've seen other teams do the same in their video, so I guess I was going off of my past see-ings. From now on I'll be sure not to do so, I guess...

[dellagd]

Um, now that were past that...

Do you guys think that it has pretty good range? What is the range of your shooter?

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Um, now that were past that...

Do you guys think that it has pretty good range? What is the range of your shooter?

You won't get past it. I think it's just plain silly not to show your robot. We have posted what we have had almost every step of the way. You'll find out soon enough that it's a very rare team that comes up with a truly unique design for any game. It's the execution, control system and driving that makes a robot great.

To answer your question: It's hard to tell what you really have. you are taking a shot that is rather far off. The angle is too shallow IMHO.I would like to see some videos of you taking a shot you might regularly take in a game. I only saw one out of 5 shots go in on a field with no other robots and the robot itself not moving. I would look to improve that, first.

[dellagd]

Ok. I apologies to all, this is my rookie year. I guess I don't understand FIRST as well as I thought yet

I think I have also been swayed by you all as well, mainly by the fact that it is week 6, there there really isnt any risk in posting of any kind

I hope I can be, um, forgiven?

http://youtu.be/P_-uB_0vXxY

[wilsonmw04]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Ok. I apologies to all, this is my rookie year. I guess I don't understand FIRST as well as I thought yet

http://youtu.be/P_-uB_0vXxY

Now I can say a few things :-)

Looks like a cim powering that wheel? Some advice on that design.

1. you are totally defendant on RPM's to determine the velocity of the ball. A lot of the inaccurate shots you made was because the wheel had not reached max speed (I could tell by the sound of it).
2. Trying rotating your hood back about 15-20 degrees. You will have more than enough power to make a shot and the arch will make the target area "bigger" for your ball.

thanks for sharing :-)

[dellagd]

So could we just cut off a couple inches of the top hood plate to achieve such? I think that would work..

Also, we plan on having an encoder on the shooter, so we will set its rpms exactly and it will fire when it has reached its speed