Feeding into shooter

[flamer075]

Originally Posted by Matt704

We use a 5 gallon bucket with a slot on one side just big enough for a frisbee to fit through and then a pneumatic piston mounted under the shooter to push the frisbees through.

What is to prevent the frisbee from landing on top of the pneumatic?

[Ankit S.]

Originally Posted by flamer075

What is to prevent the frisbee from landing on top of the pneumatic?

We are using what sounds like a similar system. For us, the Frisbee right above the one being pushed does fall on top of the piston's pushing part, but a ramp on the return side of the pusher allows the piston to return without interference from the frisbee.

[flamer075]

Originally Posted by BeltSanderRocks

We are using what sounds like a similar system. For us, the Frisbee right above the one being pushed does fall on top of the piston's pushing part, but a ramp on the return side of the pusher allows the piston to return without interference from the frisbee.

Do you have a picture?

[gyroscopeRaptor]

We took a minibot gear and drilled out a hole offset from the center. Then we attached the pg71 gearmotor to it in that hole and it pushes frisbees in quickly and consistently, no pneumatics necessary.

[Iaquinto.Joe]

Originally Posted by gyroscopeRaptor

We took a minibot gear and drilled out a hole offset from the center. Then we attached the pg71 gearmotor to it in that hole and it pushes frisbees in quickly and consistently, no pneumatics necessary.

Team 67 did something similar to this. They attached paddles on a chain and powered it to push the frisbees into the shooter at a constant interval.

As for 308 we used a pneumatic cylinder.