Hardest Shooting Robots

[Poseidon5817]

Originally Posted by CJ_Elliott

Did anyone see 5817's reveal?

I think we are in the running for hardest shot. We broke the chains in the goal in one of our matches.

[Jaci]

Our flywheels are capable of shooting over the High Goals from the outer works if we're at 100%....
I wonder if it can go through the curtain separating the Pits and the Field.....

[zinthorne]

Wa have made a half court shot easily on a basketball court. Ours can shoot the full length of the field. It's the fastes I have seen in pnw. But I don't think it is quite as fast as some of the ones mentioned above. But then again we also don't shoot it at full power during a match.

[Mike Schreiber]

It's interesting to see how FIRST has changed in their approach to this over the years. 10 Years ago some of the scary fast shooters we see would not be legal.

Originally Posted by 2006 Aim High Game Manual

<S02> Muzzle Velocity - No ROBOT may throw a ball with an exit velocity of greater than 12 m/s (26.8 mph).

[Boltman]

I have to say 5817 Uni-Rex has an absolute laser HG/LG shot from anywhere..their only flaw was they tended to break down other than that it was awesome to behold.

They shoot so hard you can here the chains scream in mercy..very accurate when on...scary good rookie team withe swerve. Congrats on earning way into WC.

Pretty sure some of the best bots in the world were in CV (world high score set there) ... 5817 is right up there when not broken.

[IronicDeadBird]

Originally Posted by jodge1706

What about non-wheeled shooters like punchers? My team, 1706, is using the kind of spring from a car suspension, taking about 245lbs of force to pull it back completely.

You know they are just called boulders they aren't actual boulders right?

[jodge1706]

Originally Posted by pilleya

What are you using to pull that back, and how long does it take?

We are using 2 vex 775s on a dual to one, with what I believe is a 15:1 versaplanetary. It will take about 4-7 seconds after firing to get it fully compressed

[jodge1706]

Originally Posted by IronicDeadBird

You know they are just called boulders they aren't actual boulders right?

I think we forgot that when we were designing

[Trevor1523]

We too have a very powerful shooter. In testing at the build site it sounded like a jet engine and could be heard from the very back of the stands at Orlando. Our robot was called the "buzz saw" by the game announcer.

We didn't get to use it much due to copious mechanical problems, but when it did work those balls flew into that high goal at supersonic speed.

[MrRoboSteve]

Based on watching about 130 matches in person, I'm not entirely convinced that harder is better when shooting at the high goal.

[IronicDeadBird]

Originally Posted by jodge1706

I think we forgot that when we were designing

Well at least you have too much instead of too little, if you had too little power you would need to add MORE...

[BrennanB]

Originally Posted by Ginger Power

So while watching the GTR-E Regional I was blown away by 2013's shooter speed. If you were hit by it I'm pretty sure you'd die.

They were pretty crazy. Probably a 75-100 ft shot outside of the field when they missed.

[Holo3453]

Team 3453 is using 775pro's with 2 inch stealth wheels.

[Jared Russell]

5817's "bench grinder" is absolutely the hardest shooter I have ever personally witnessed on an FRC robot...ever.

[sdcantrell56]

My response to this whole thread is... WHY?