Ball Intake Mechanisem

[mastachyra]

I've been wondering how much compression works well on these balls. I haven't had a chance to prototype. Should the bottom of intake rollers be 8 inches off the ground? 9 inches? 9.5 inches?

Build blitz designs are great resources, but the properties of this ball are significantly different.

[Ginger Power]

Originally Posted by mastachyra

I've been wondering how much compression works well on these balls. I haven't had a chance to prototype. Should the bottom of intake rollers be 8 inches off the ground? 9 inches? 9.5 inches?

Build blitz designs are great resources, but the properties of this ball are significantly different.

We found 3" of compression to be ideal.

[abigailthefox]

Hey!
I'm from the Raptors, and honestly, a piece of advice is that while belts are cool, we learned the hard way that you shouldn't necessarily do them unless you're ready for a lot of challenges that accompany them. Belts can be very tricky, and while they do look really cool, on our robot, they weren't the most accurate.
Also, I'd recommend that if you do use them, put a backstop on one end!! This will help prevent the ball from coming out the other side unintended.
Belts can also be a huge power draw...so depending on how the rest of your robot is run/priority of scoring, that might be something to consider.
Best of luck in 2016!!!

[tomer]

Thanks for the Good advice!

Originally Posted by abigailthefox

Hey!
I'm from the Raptors, and honestly, a piece of advice is that while belts are cool, we learned the hard way that you shouldn't necessarily do them unless you're ready for a lot of challenges that accompany them. Belts can be very tricky, and while they do look really cool, on our robot, they weren't the most accurate.
Also, I'd recommend that if you do use them, put a backstop on one end!! This will help prevent the ball from coming out the other side unintended.
Belts can also be a huge power draw...so depending on how the rest of your robot is run/priority of scoring, that might be something to consider.
Best of luck in 2016!!!

Thanks a lot!
Do you have any more advice / resources? Maybe even the CAD itself?
Do you have anything else about accuracy?