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Re: Poll: What type of launcher mechanism are you using for FS?
1747 is using a double-sided, sequential wheeled shooter. The goal is to make the trajectory of the ball between the robot and the upper tower opening as close to linear as possible by maximizing ball velocity. With any luck we should get a test shot off with our competition shooter tonight.
I really hesitate to speculate what it will do, but the theoretical maximum ball velocity is about 88 mph and the shooter is ~1.8 horsepower worth of motor. Everyone on the team can't help but grin or giggle when we talk about it, because it is absolutely silly and the very definition of overkill.
It's going to be something...
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2006-2008 FIRST Team 1741 Red Alert-Founding Student
2008-2011 FIRST Team 1747 Harrison Boiler Robotics-College Mentor
2012 FIRST Team 4272 Maverick Boiler Robotics-Founding College Mentor
2013-Present FIRST Team 1747 Harrison Boiler Robotics-Engineering Mentor
2015-Present Ri3D Team Indiana - Mechanical and Fabrication
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