pic: Other Angle of Cannon Prototype

[cardinalman86]

Has it ever jammed on you guys? The only thing that i've been afraid of this year with a shooter is that one ball will get stuck and everything will get jammed and broke. I didn't know if it happened and what happened when it did get stuck?

[Hanna2325]

Originally Posted by cardinalman86

Has it ever jammed on you guys? The only thing that i've been afraid of this year with a shooter is that one ball will get stuck and everything will get jammed and broke. I didn't know if it happened and what happened when it did get stuck?

no, we have had no problems so far with it, accept of course it isn't accurate enough yet. We feed the balls one at a time and it gets them out fast. There is not enough space for a ball and a half to get entangled right now

[cardinalman86]

Originally Posted by Hanna2325

no, we have had no problems so far with it, accept of course it isn't accurate enough yet. We feed the balls one at a time and it gets them out fast. There is not enough space for a ball and a half to get entangled right now

lol, u'll have to hook us up with an update when/if it happens

[Hanna2325]

of course...lol

[cardinalman86]

We'll be waitin... till then we'll go on our seperate ways and hope ours doesn't jam, lol

[waialua359]

Accuracy will definitely be important as I have yet to read on CD how teams plan to consistently score in the trailer, from relatively far distances.

I think shooting at the target in '06 from 20 ft++ is much easier than the trailers this year for targets 10 ft and beyond.
My $.02.

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Accuracy will definitely be important as I have yet to read on CD how teams plan to consistently score in the trailer, from relatively far distances.

I think shooting at the target in '06 from 20 ft++ is much easier than the trailers this year for targets 10 ft and beyond.
My $.02.

I agree, thatz why a camera and lazy susan will come in handy this year.

[amariealbrecht]

very true...i think that if its not accurate then the game is shot...otherwise of course relying on the human shooters but thats not true robotics..!

[CDH Jeff]

our team had the idea of using a chimney pipe for a ball moving style thingy, have you had any problems with balls moving through that?

[Susha]

Originally Posted by CDH Jeff

our team had the idea of using a chimney pipe for a ball moving style thingy, have you had any problems with balls moving through that?

I don't think we've tried a chimmy pipe... but this is just the prototype, we're aiming for something much less heavy thats for sure. There's alot of othyer ways to make a shooter thing but this one seems to work for us. You just have to fool around with different materials. I didn't build the cannon though, I just hooked up the motor to the battery... so I can't tell many specifics.

[WhiteShadow1474]

Doesn't look too bad

[amariealbrecht]

thanks