Team 23 Week 6 Snapshot

[cire]

Impressive. I did not think I'd see any teams with blower powered cannons!

Kudos to all your team.

[DominickC]

Originally Posted by its da PAT!!!

Last time I check that isn't an approved motor?

Modified, heavily modified

Originally Posted by cire

Impressive. I did not think I'd see any teams with blower powered cannons!

Kudos to all your team.

Thanks! I'll let the build team know they did a good job, I had nearly nothing to do with this piece of machinery

[its da PAT!!!]

Don't get me wrong I love the idea, its really awesome!

[TeamUpNext3528]

OMG! Man, thats just crazy! I love it! Such a unique design. Does it work well when is shoots them out? Which goal are you going for?

Props!

[DominickC]

Thanks! Works like a breeze (ha!) Hitting the 3 point consistently from against the barrier surrounding the hoops, and going for the 2 pointers from the key.

[JosephC]

Great idea, I never would have thought to use blowers. Looking forward to seeing this thing in action at worlds!

[CalTran]

That in itself looks like it could be modded post season into one heck of a tshirt cannon...and in season that looks like a mortar system. I'd love to see this beast in action. What's the maximum rate of fire you've gotten out of your air cannon system?

[DominickC]

I think we're going to see if they'll allow us to launch T-Shirts into the crowd at competition.

I'm not sure of the exact rate, however we are able to make half-court shots with ease.

[Ty Tremblay]

Is it only one ball at a time? Or can you load multiple balls into the air cannon? I would assume that the first ball would severely reduce your suction power once it's loaded.

[DominickC]

Nope, just one ball at a time. The ball collector located under the cannon allows us to carry/transport the maximum of 3 balls, fire one, load another, and fire again.

[itsjustmrb]

So does the fan/blower violate the following rule?

The only motors and actuators permitted on 2012 FRC Robots include:

K. drive motors or fans that are part of a speed controller or COTS computing device and fans included in the 2012 Kit of Parts

We decided early on that we would have trouble picking up a ball and launching one with the KOP provided fans, especially when we fried one of them.

[jblay]

I am starting to see more and more robots that are scoring against the fender aka "Fender Bots." Ours is obviously done very differently (infer what you will), your design is unique and awesome, but I am very interested to see how things work out with your bot.

Just awesome, good luck in 2012

Originally Posted by jblay

I am starting to see more and more robots that are scoring against the fender aka "Fender Bots." Ours is obviously done very differently (infer what you will), your design is unique and awesome, but I am very interested to see how things work out with your bot.

Just awesome, good luck in 2012

The Fender bot, as I see it, will get very popular, and some will even be engineered to not get pushed against. The question is: How can you make yours more effective than the other ones? I know you guys aren't going to be fender bots, but I just have to wonder: How will great teams deviate from the standard fender bot and make them super fender bots?

[DominickC]

Originally Posted by itsjustmrb

So does the fan/blower violate the following rule?

The only motors and actuators permitted on 2012 FRC Robots include:

K. drive motors or fans that are part of a speed controller or COTS computing device and fans included in the 2012 Kit of Parts

We decided early on that we would have trouble picking up a ball and launching one with the KOP provided fans, especially when we fried one of them.

These fans are 100% legal

Originally Posted by jblay

I am starting to see more and more robots that are scoring against the fender aka "Fender Bots." Ours is obviously done very differently (infer what you will), your design is unique and awesome, but I am very interested to see how things work out with your bot.

Just awesome, good luck in 2012

We have a high rate of accuracy by lining up with the fender, but have just an easy time shooting from anywhere else forward of the key. Do you have an image/video of your bot online for viewing?

Good luck to you too!

[jblay]

Originally Posted by DominickC

These fans are 100% legal




We have a high rate of accuracy by lining up with the fender, but have just an easy time shooting from anywhere else forward of the key. Do you have an image/video of your bot online for viewing?

Good luck to you too!

We have basically the same ability. We will be posting some photos to CD very soon. Basically as soon as I can grab some really good ones.