FRC3005 High Shooter

[Steven Smith]

FRC3005 tested our competition robot's high shooter last night, and we were pleased with the initial results (turns out... math works!) We had calculated a release angle for an 18' shot and made a few estimates on the bundle tension to achieve that. We are adjusting our release strap to be closer to the choo-choo full extension point (without shock loading the choo-choo), which should flatten our trajectory and give us our preferred shot.

Check out the video, our Facebook page and Twitter feed (to keep our PR team happy), and feel free to ask any questions on our implementation of the BuildBlitz JVN shooter. We appreciate the great starting point, and we feel we were able to iterate on the design several times to fix some potential failure points (and learn a lot in the process). We're looking forward to competing at the Dallas Regional March 13th-15th.