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Re: How to change angle of shooter?

KrazyCarl92 has a point that I think should be considered regarding pneumatics - one of the trickiest things about any shooting game is trying to come up with a clever way to correlate distance and target elevation with shooter elevation. I highly, highly recommend that teams take their prototypes (or their calculators) and figure out specific angles and shooting speeds that result in a wide range of potential shooting positions - namely, what angle and speed can you set up such that the angle of the shooter changes as little as possible and yet still allow for scoring over much of the field. Then, using pneumatics (or ball screws with limit switches at set locations) pick two or three angles that together will cover all your bases and leave it at that (if you use pneumatics, you might have to do multiple stages or attempt a 3-way valve solution, but much, much easier than a continuous motion solution). It's cool as all get out when you have a system that can automatically track a target in azimuth and elevation, but 9 times out of 10 the system will still be messing around when your window for shooting comes and goes.

Just food for thought.

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