Shooting Vs. Time hanging 30

[mikemat]

Originally Posted by Ronnie314

Very true on Einstein matches lol. But if your robot alone can get 50-80 points you are in good shape in my opinion. But we are in Michigan....States will for sure be interesting.

IMO if your robot can get 20 points it will be in good shape. I think 50 to 80 would make you the star of most regionals. If history is anything to go by, the answer to this question is probably hang. In the games I have been a part of, only the top robots have been able to outscore the endgame, and most choose to attempt it anyway.

[RonnieS]

Originally Posted by mikemat

IMO if your robot can get 20 points it will be in good shape. I think 50 to 80 would make you the star of most regionals. If history is anything to go by, the answer to this question is probably hang. In the games I have been a part of, only the top robots have been able to outscore the endgame, and most choose to attempt it anyway.

100% correct! I think for most teams, they need to be able to secure a 10pt hang, very easy, can do it without any moving parts. Auto will be huge too! If teams can pick up off floor and score lets say 4-5(HOT, Simbotics, etc..) they will have a huge advantage.

[ohrly?]

Originally Posted by Ronnie314

100% correct! I think for most teams, they need to be able to secure a 10pt hang, very easy, can do it without any moving parts. Auto will be huge too! If teams can pick up off floor and score lets say 4-5(HOT, Simbotics, etc..) they will have a huge advantage.

Woah, hold on there! How do you climb without any moving parts? Lifting yourself off the ground requires doing work, which necessitates moving parts... (unless you use straight kinetic energy, but then you have to stay above the ground for 5 seconds before it is scored)

EDIT: I stand corrected: http://youtu.be/MFRCiEeyjDU

[z_beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by ohrly?

Woah, hold on there! How do you climb without any moving parts? Lifting yourself off the ground requires doing work, which necessitates moving parts... (unless you use straight kinetic energy, but then you have to stay above the ground for 5 seconds before it is scored)

http://3847.blogspot.com/2013/01/day...ck-around.html

[lcoreyl]

Originally Posted by z_beeblebrox

http://3847.blogspot.com/2013/01/day...ck-around.html

that's fantastic!

[cmrnpizzo14]

If teams are concerned about disc warping, I quickly learned this year that it will be almost a non-issue.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...66&postcount=9
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...7&postcount=13
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=15

I made this assumption on another thread and was quickly corrected. After receiving several replies, I do not believe that this will be an issue.....

I think that a 30 pt hang is completely worth it if it can be accomplished. Teams just need to consider what they can do. The bottom line in all robot designs is that the best designs are the ones that work. I'm guessing, based off of Rebound Fumble, that if a team just developed a dumper and 10 point hanger that works reliably every time, they could win a fair amount of qualifying matches and be picked for elims at most regionals.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by cmrnpizzo14

If teams are concerned about disc warping, I quickly learned this year that it will be almost a non-issue.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...66&postcount=9
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...7&postcount=13
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=15

I made this assumption on another thread and was quickly corrected. After receiving several replies, I do not believe that this will be an issue....

Don't take anyone's word for it. Take some of your own discs, put them through your prototype shooter at max speed with the exit pointed straight at a wall that's only a few feet away. Take some of of your other discs and drive last year's robot over them, bot right-side-up and up-side-down. Then make your own decision as to whether or not the dsics can warp. Then perhaps listen to CD about probabilities of occurance (or run the simulation to figure out how often things happen -- either way).

Many CDenizens have a bad habit of conjectures that are only based in thought. Don't change your mind solely on account of them.