Tall Shooters vs Small Shooters

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Tall Shooters vs Small Shooters

View Poll Results: Tall Shooter or Short Shooter
Tall	63	52.50%
Short	57	47.50%
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24-02-2012, 21:19

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Re: Tall Shooters vs Small Shooters

We have a short shooter (24" at the very top, yeah we have a small robot), and our rationale was:

Less weight-you don't need to build a huge superstructre on the shooter
Lower Center of Gravity-you can cross the barrier and the bridge without tipping over.

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