What shooter did your team end up going with, and why?

[themccannman]

Originally Posted by Akash Shah

4954 has decided to go with a wheel type shooter and pickup. It has been the greatest and one of the easiest prototypes we have built that has had great success. It shoots the ball a great distance and we can adjust the spin of the wheel to change the distance the ball is shot. We also went with a wheel shooter because we wanted to also try to be different then the other robots out there making catapults and winch systems.

Are you having any issues with damaging or scuffing the balls on full power shots?

[cadandcookies]

Punch. We hit 95% accuracy on our prototype anywhere from 10-24 feet and it collects nicely too. Springs are awesome.

[nixiebunny]

We are strongly considering the winch catapult that we tested Monday. It's capable of shooting the ball 40 feet, and can launch a 2012 game piece over 85 feet. Our prototype pneumatic catapult only shot 20 feet or so.

The winch works quite well. We just need to build a proper trigger release. I did some careful filing on the release lever, explaining to the students that gunsmiths do the same work to get the trigger to release smoothly and consistently.

[yara92]

I think Violation: FOUL. If the Head Referee determines that further damage