[FTC]: Help with shooting mechanism?

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

going to try and post a photo of the gearing for the shooter as it is now: (cross your fingers that it works)



didn't work...
here's the link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wilsonmw04/4100736107/

If you want even more length-wise compactness, one of our kids came up with putting the motor mount on standoffs closer to the wheel. It works out very nicely for them. Maybe I'll get a pic up Tuesday night.

[lmnotran]

Awesome Design

[cougarbytes]

We have finally succeeded! We'll be posting a picture later

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK!

[PhilBot]

These high gear ratio spinners take a while to get up to speed. So wait till they are at full speed before shooting.

Note: In MD, some teams spun up their motors at the start of the match before Autonomous was actually enabled.

I posted a question on the FTC Q&A regarding the legality of this. As I suspected it's not legal for a couple of reasons. Only the servos are permitted to be powered before autonomous is run...

So you just have to wait before shooting.