Please help - launcher issues.

[Mk.32]

Originally Posted by ksafin

Thanks for the feedback guys. To address a few questions:

We are indeed using CIM Motors.

We are not doing a reduction or 1:1, both gearboxes are geared up; 1:2.375 and 1:2.

We'll try 1:1 tomorrow and try to put on pneumatic tires. We have them, but it's been challenging to get the hub on them to stay straight and not have them wobble on the shaft.

You maybe spinning the wheel TO FAST. Causing slip between the wheel and the disk, which would decrease performance. Try adding a victor and running at slower speeds.

[vinnie]

This may or may not be your problem, but it was our problem.

Make sure you test with the official FIRST discs. We got a bunch of generic frisbees to test with ad we were really disappointed with the horrible distance (about 5 feet) that the discs were flying. Then I tried loading in one of the FIRST frisbees and those flew over 50 feet.

Most likely one of the previous posters already identified your problem, I just thought I'd post this here just in case it could be helpful to you or someone else.

[dellagd]

Use pneumatic wheels!!!!!

[Kusha]

Try different wheels, not necessarily pneumatic but try KOP wheels etc. Put more compression on the frisbee.

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Use pneumatic wheels!!!!!

Agreed, or go for something with more grip, like some plactions ( what our team is using for a prototype)