Team 254 Presents: Dropshot Technical Binder 2016

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Originally Posted by ThemisH

We saw that the Colsons weren't effieciently transferring energy to the ball, mostly due to not having a high enough coefficient of friction. Our 2014 robot Barrage used two 775 motors on the flywheel just like Dropshot, and yet it was able to launch a ball that was several times more massive than the Stronghold boulders. Barrage used Fairlane wheels, so we tried them on Dropshot and they greatly increased our power output, so we stuck with them. If you compare videos from CVR to SVR/Champs, the power difference is very noticeable.

Thanks for the information. It is always great to see how elite teams iterate their designs.

On the subject of iterations, why did you guys go away from gas shocks in the hanger.