[Video] 3753 progress in 3 weeks

[ctccromer]

http://youtu.be/muhzq_TwARc

I'm not the camera person on our team but have taken a few pictures and videos of my own throughout the build season and I decided to put them all together in one video. I used Windows Movie Maker, though it was my first time with it so I kept things simple hehehe. I think it turned out pretty well though.

Hope you like it! If you have any questions, thoughts or feedback, feel free to post here or leave a comment on the video.

[Physicguy]

Looks good guys...keep it up just a little it bit more tweaks and you will be on your way.

[nicholsjj]

This is a great video for your "rookie" video. I think that you did a terrific job showcasing a terrific robot. I think you had a great overall recap of Team 3753's build season so far. I would suggest that you include your team's logo at the begging of the video for branding purposes and also to include a thank you to your team's sponsors at the end of the video. This http://youtu.be/2IH6o_y0t4I is how our team includes these two items.

Also I really think your team's robot will be a great shooter this year.

[ctccromer]

thanks for the feedback As for a logo, we're still working on that. This is our 3rd year as a team and the last two years we were Raptor Robotics, but it just.. never really felt right. Sure we had a logo and a name, but we didn't use it. So this year we changed our name, logo, decided on a color scheme (black and blue), etc and are really finding our identity this year. However the logo isn't 100% done yet and I don't have a copy of it to add to the video yet.
I also wanted to add a picture of our team but again, didn't have one on me.

I'll definitely upload another video within the coming weeks, hopefully of the TEAM as well as the robot, and a logo

And for the shooter... yeah, we're EXTREMELY pumped! Yesterday the team left after the normal 6 hours we do on Saturday, but the lead mechanic, lead electrician, and I stayed another 6 hours and got an amazing amount of work done. We're starting to truly think we have a shot at top 8 at our regionals

[TheCrayButton]

Wow! Very nice! You guys are farther a long than we are.

[Tuba4]

What kind of motor or servo drives the swinging arm?

[ctccromer]

Originally Posted by Tuba4

What kind of motor or servo drives the swinging arm?

The shooter arm? That's a window motor
The two drive motors and the two motors for the pneumatic wheels are CIMs

[ctccromer]

Uploaded a new video of us shooting. See the second link in my signature.

[nikeairmancurry]

How are getting, from the preload to shot so quickly?

[ctccromer]

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry

How are getting, from the preload to shot so quickly?

what do you mean by preload?

[nikeairmancurry]

Originally Posted by ctccromer

what do you mean by preload?

(Better use of words) What pushes, the dics into the shooter.

[andrewthecow]

Originally Posted by nikeairmancurry

(Better use of words) What pushes, the dics into the shooter.

an arm made of 1" angle aluminum driven by a window motor

[shawnliner]

That and a great program that cycles it while you go the button.

[z_beeblebrox]

Are the rapid-fired discs consistent, as the wheels might not have time to speed up after firing?

When we were testing our shooter, we learned that the discs need to be fired at approximately 1 second intervals to obtain adequate consistency.

[andrewthecow]

Originally Posted by z_beeblebrox

Are the rapid-fired discs consistent, as the wheels might not have time to speed up after firing?

When we were testing our shooter, we learned that the discs need to be fired at approximately 1 second intervals to obtain adequate consistency.

This depends entirely on the speed of the shooter and the distance from the goal. At full speed, the shots were relatively consistent for short-medium range. At 35%, we needed to wait ~3 seconds between shots for them to be accurate from behind the pyramid into the 3 point slot.