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Re: 987 Kicker Destruction
We had a part of our kicker going flying 15 feet into the air yesterday and land like a javelin in the nearby grass.

Careful when dealing with stored energy!
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Re: 987 Kicker Destruction
We had a similar situation here on 868. We punched a HVAC vent back up into the ceiling testing our prototype. A few ceiling tiles also gave their lives for the cause.
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We had a part of our kicker going flying 15 feet into the air yesterday and land like a javelin in the nearby grass.

Careful when dealing with stored energy!
You are absolutely right about care needed to insure safety while testing launching mechanisms. We were careful to make sure nobody was near front of mock up launcher until swing arm was locked in place. Tight elastic bands/tubing help limit out of perimeter swing arm extension too...
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And watch those fingers!
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We had a part of our kicker going flying 15 feet into the air yesterday and land like a javelin in the nearby grass.

Careful when dealing with stored energy!
I ran outside when I heard "OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!" and "Let's not tell the mentors about this."
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Re: 987 Kicker Destruction
Notice how the "foot", the part that strikes the ball, is always parallel to the ground? That is exactly how they teach you to chip a soccer ball.
This thing is awesome.
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I ran outside when I heard "OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!" and "Let's not tell the mentors about this."
Yeah, they'd be disappointed that they'd missed seeing it in person!

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I ran outside when I heard "OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!" and "Let's not tell the mentors about this."
Similar story.

I was in the woodshop, I heard a loud "THUMP" followed by a "....tile still there? *everyone looks up and then down*"

*facepalm*
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Re: 987 Kicker Destruction
This is probably more my fault than anything, but at least its a cool camera angle

http://www.youtube.com/user/FRCTeam9.../2/XiiAZ06Ieeo
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