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[JewishDan18]

Originally Posted by JackS

Actually, because the elevator is on the same motor as the intake, we needed a way to run the intake without moving balls towards the shooter. To solve this problem, there is a lexan "backboard" that is attached to a piston. The piston changes the compression against the ball enough such that, when the "backboard" is in the back position, we can run the elevator and the balls just spin in place. Once we engage the backboard, the balls have enough compression to move towards the shooter. Thus, in short, we require movement of a piston each time we wish to shoot a load of balls as well.

We did find, through experimentation at the field, that we had enough air to last us approximately 7 minutes of full game simulation. One of the upgrades we plan to make for BAE is to remove the cluster of tanks and replace them with a few plastic ones.

That's really cool! I assume the usage is too much to have a compressor that keeps up, or the weight of a compressor gives enough tanks to hold the air for one match. Can't wait to see you guys at BAE (and CT for that matter).