Who still thinks pneumatic catapults won't work for this game?

[mklinker]

Ours worked GREAT....allowed our second year team to make eliminations at the Boilermaker Regional.

Thanks to both 359 for highlighting your discussion regarding pulsing......that was the secret to success.....along with high flow valves.

[DarrinMunter]

Works for us too. Turning on the solenoids for a full second gives us our long shot. We do a couple millisecond for a short/goal shot.

[Johnny]

842's catapult design is unique and very effective. When our team first saw this game, we knew pneumatics was our plan. Since then, we have had nothing but success with our pneumatic catapult, which is amazingly similar to 842's. With this design, we can make just about any shot by pulsing. It helped us win our first ever regional this year in San Diego.

I would like to thank 842 for posting their ideas early in the season. It was nice for our students to see that we weren't the only team thinking this way. Pneumatic catapults are here to dominate this season. I also feel they are a lot safer in the pits then a lot of the other elastic and spring mechanisms I have seen.

[mrnoble]

2996 won the Utah regional with a very straightforward pneumatic catapult. Perfect for the "protected" high goal.

[Anthony Galea]

We used a pneumatic catapult this year with two 10 in stroke, 1 1/2 in bore pistons, and c-channel with 'speed holes' and bent flatstock. We ended up as finalists at Centerline, and got our highest pick in team history, so yeah, I'd say the pneumatic catapult played a part.

I would like to thank 842, though, because until my team saw their catapult prototype video, our team had no intent on building a shooter.

[Shu]

Team 2137 used their pneumatic catapult to seed #1 after quals at the FiM Great Lakes Bay Region District event. We had a nearly flawless 2 ball auton throughout quals and eliminations.

[MrForbes]

Oh yeah.....high qualifying score (match Q06) of the Arizona regional was 235, made by 842 and 1726 (4496 did not make it to the field). Both robots have pneumatic catapults.