[FTC]: Can anyone lend assistance?

[Phil Ross]

Originally Posted by HAL3019

Hey everyone, this is HAL's second year in FTC, but we aren't starting out so hot..
Our first problem is with LabView... people keep telling myself, and our team programmer that LabView is a bad choice, and that RobotC would be better. This point is well known- but the serious question is in if there is a teleoperated template out yet, as the template given with the software was 5x too big for the NXT memory.

you should check out this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=69586.

You can find the templates offered from National Instruments made for FTC at this website: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...t.aspx?id=6650

[Chris is me]

Disclaimer: I haven't built much with the FTC kit at all.

A lot of FTC designs this year are probably going to be based on the high speed FRC projectile games of 2006 and to a lesser extent 2009. Pitching machine type designs worked very well in those games (one or two wheel flywheel shooters), and for quick rapid firing it's an ideal solution as it's easy to reload the firing mechanism (easier than, say, stretching surgical tubing in a barrel or other forms of giving the ball energy).

The FTC kits are (supposed to be, at least) super easy to build prototypes with. Perhaps try a different type of pitching machine (dual wheels on top bottom versus single wheel with plate, etc etc)? What in particular are you having trouble with? People on CD might be able to give nice tips.

If the flywheel shooter doesn't work out, maybe something that's more "spewy" that reaches the 10 point goals (longer shooter rather than higher) could work?