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Re: Predictions Week 4: Marking the Thrower
987 was initially signed up for the Utah Regional, but withdrew. We don't compete again until the Las Vegas Regional.
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Re: Predictions Week 4: Marking the Thrower
We're carrying in a replacement for all of our frisbee-related functionality. It's mostly a bolt-on job; tear off the old top and replace it with the new one, but there's a bit of rewiring work to be done as well.

We've switched from a linear-ish storage system for frisbees that caused a lot of control systems challenges to a collector + bucket system. We should be collecting frisbees much faster now and, with the mechanism that was causing frisbees to jam completely gone, firing much faster and more reliably. And in the 3 pt. goal, too. The new system replaces everything -- new collector, new bucket storage, and new shooter -- and reuses only the electronics board.

The whole thing is about 22 lbs. We prototyped a bit with buckets in the week after Portland, designed the entire new system in about 3 hours on Saturday morning and had the entire thing assembled and testing by Sunday evening. I'm not sure what took us 6 weeks the first time around.
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Re: Predictions Week 4: Marking the Thrower
2512 is competing at Midwest, not Wisconsin.

Otherwise, awesome predictions!
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Re: Predictions Week 4: Marking the Thrower
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987 was initially signed up for the Utah Regional, but withdrew. We don't compete again until the Las Vegas Regional.
Sad to hear, Haywire was really looking forward to seeing your amazing machine tomorrow!!! Good luck in Las Vegas though!
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Re: Predictions Week 4: Marking the Thrower
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987 was initially signed up for the Utah Regional, but withdrew. We don't compete again until the Las Vegas Regional.
Pity, though LV will be loads of fun with the quality of teams attending and it will be great to be competing at a regional with you guys again.
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Sad to hear, Haywire was really looking forward to seeing your amazing machine tomorrow!!! Good luck in Las Vegas though!
Thanks. Wish we could have made it to Utah. Maybe next year. Good luck this weekend.

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Pity, though LV will be loads of fun with the quality of teams attending and it will be great to be competing at a regional with you guys again.
See you in Vegas. Good luck next weekend at Inland Empire.
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