How Many Balls can a Trailer Hold???

[bmarick]

thanks for the info.
that is intresting to know.
lets hope this doesn't happen to anyone

[dibh4ever]

Is the robot permited to pick up balls from the floor and then launch em again? You know, kike reusing them. If a ball is on the floor and we pick it up without touching the floor does it count as a penalty, is it permited?

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by dibh4ever

Is the robot permited to pick up balls from the floor and then launch em again? You know, kike reusing them. If a ball is on the floor and we pick it up without touching the floor does it count as a penalty, is it permited?

I expect that strategy to be used by many teams this year. The GDC has even said that your robot can touch the floor as long as it doesn't provide extra traction.

[Rion Atkinson]

That's awesome. I can only hope to see a trailer running around that full.

Quick question. About how much did the field cost?

[Cyberphil]

Originally Posted by dibh4ever

Is the robot permited to pick up balls from the floor and then launch em again? You know, kike reusing them. If a ball is on the floor and we pick it up without touching the floor does it count as a penalty, is it permited?

Im not quite sure what your trying to say, but the answer to the question i think your asking is yes, you are allowed to use any balls on the ground, at any time in the match, even if they were used once already. If they are on the ground, they are anybody's balls, even the super cells.

Hope that helps

[CDH Jeff]

my question is how to prevent my teams trailer from looking like that.

[bobwrit]

Originally Posted by CDH Jeff

my question is how to prevent my teams trailer from looking like that.

Move and your robot probaly wont. I'd be extreamly suprised if it did when you were moving the whole time.

[WhiteShadow1474]

Originally Posted by CDH Jeff

my question is how to prevent my teams trailer from looking like that.

Simple. You get on your knees and pray with all your will that the other alliance doesn't have a monstrous robot and Michael Jordon.

[Idan]

But you know that in the real game nobody will be able to put 86 balls in the trailer. How many you think you will be able to put?

(sorry about the english...)

[Sunbun]

I wonder if there's a Guinness World Record for something like that...

Anyway, 1197 did a more "realistic" test with our trailer and we came up with 25 balls (23 in and above the trailer and 2 through the pipes).

There is a +/- 3 ball margin of error. Therefore, a trailer should hold a maximum of 22-28 balls depending on how they settle during the match.

Does that sound reasonable?

EDIT: Also, props to the guy that's wearing the shirt.woot shirt. You have good taste in ... err ... shirts.

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by Sunbun

I wonder if there's a Guinness World Record for something like that...

Anyway, 1197 did a more "realistic" test with our trailer and we came up with 25 balls (23 in and above the trailer and 2 through the pipes).

There is a +/- 3 ball margin of error. Therefore, a trailer should hold a maximum of 22-28 balls depending on how they settle during the match.

Does that sound reasonable?

It sounds a lot more like match circumstances, for sure.

[rfolea]

Originally Posted by Formerly Famous

Quick question. About how much did the field cost?

We've budgeted $3500 for all of the balls, FRP, 6 Trailers, 4-5 dummy robots, Fueling stations and misc. items (outpost, etc).

We are working on a donation of the FRP which will help a lot ...

[rfolea]

Originally Posted by Sunbun

I wonder if there's a Guinness World Record for something like that...

Anyway, 1197 did a more "realistic" test with our trailer and we came up with 25 balls (23 in and above the trailer and 2 through the pipes).

There is a +/- 3 ball margin of error. Therefore, a trailer should hold a maximum of 22-28 balls depending on how they settle during the match.

Does that sound reasonable?

We did the same test and got the same answer. I really think we will see trailers with 20-25 balls in them (hopefully not ours ...)

We have also found that a rather large percentage end up hanging on the rails. After throwing 20 balls at the trailer, we often find 4-5 hung on the rails.

[SammyKay]

Wow. That is more than we thought could make it in. Our team was thinking a few over 19 ish. Many of us were only thinking INSIDE the trailer. I know I wasn't really thinking about the balls getting onto the poles....That's amazing tho. Thanks for answering my question about how many could realistically make it in/on our trailer!!

[thefro526]

When we were playing with our trailer the other day and I figured that realistically most trailers on average won't be filled beyond 15 balls this year in most matches. That being said I don't think it'll be uncommon to see a trailer get filled with 20-25 balls assuming some a impaled and the rungs on the outside. We'll probably see at least one or two rare cases where a trailer will be filled beyond 25 but it's going to be more luck based than skill based.