Pneumatics v. Motor

[MrForbes]

Other teams are doing all kinds of interesting things. I have not seen a consensus on what works best...I've seen a video of a ball hurled very far with a rubber springy type kicker, and another of a ball hurled very far with a pneumatic kicker.

As far as I can tell, the best one to use is the one that YOUR team can make work well!

[Tony.Wu]

And to your size contraints too!

[Mr_I]

Originally Posted by squirrel

As far as I can tell, the best one to use is the one that YOUR team can make work well!

Amen to this. Judging solely by your team number, 1559 has been around for a few years. (Obviously, it may have been idle for a year or more, or have a large number of new members, etc., so "your mileage may vary".) Have you ever worked with pneumatics effectively? Do you have the skills / facilities to do custom machining? And, to some extent, how are your programming skills? These factors will weigh far more heavily for your success on the field than "are motors or pneumatics better?" (After all, if the best solution involves dielectric swizzle sticks, and you've never worked with them, what good is the answer?)

(Being finals week, I have some spare time on my hands. PM me if you want further discussion. Or discuss it here, and all teams can benefit!)