10 Balls per second?

[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

BTW: Nobody would take the time to setup an elaborate shooter hoax/con and post it on CD, when they are so busy working on their robot. "Hey instead of working on our robot this morning, lets make a fake launcher video and post it on CD to freak everyone out!" I dont think so!

They wouldn't??? You have just got to love the rumor mill...

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

They wouldn't???

thats the word on the street ! :^)

[Mike Norton]

I see alot of shooters early but none of them on robots. Ours on the other hand can shoot 1 evey .5 seconds at any of the starting points for a total of 10 ball in 5 seconds. tough to stop that. then it will go out and find other robots yes find other robots. the camera is great for other things then the green light.

[Lil' Lavery]

The advantage to shooting that fast?
1-you can ideally unload all your balls before opposing robots have time to move to try and either block them or dislodge you from your shooting spot
2-can funnel them into the goal far far faster than a HP can take the out and return them to play, therefore giving a HUGE advantage in the last few seconds of the match
3-makes it so even the slightest mistake of the opposing defense can cost them massively
4-allows you to "get in and get out" reducing the chances your opponents have to trapping you into their zone and even possibly pinning you onto their ramp area
5-allows for longer set up and positioning time (if needed, some robots may be fully capable of "sinking shots" from the starting position) during autonomous
6-is really freaking sweet


and here is arguably the most important of all:
7-allows for more reload time. Even if you discharge your load quicker, you can still hold the same amount of balls (in theory, the reality may differ on how you load the mechanism, and this creates a debate in itself of whether quick shooting/loading vs larger quantities of "ammunition" is the better way to go). Therefore, the faster you can unload your balls, the more time it will allow you to refill and shoot again (or do other various tasks around the field, such as defense or going for the platform at the end).

[Conor Ryan]

I'm pretty sure thats not 12 m/s. And the angle that its coming in at is pretty high too.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

I'm pretty sure thats not 12 m/s. And the angle that its coming in at is pretty high too.

As we have no true indication of where the balls are being shot from and the release angle of the mechanism shooting them, it could be 12 m/s. The balls seemed to be cresting as they went through the goal, suggesting that it may be a appropraite speed shot, but the launching device may be more than 60" high.