pic: Robostangs 548's 2014 Robot

[tyler34]

Originally Posted by cadandcookies

I'm curious as to what you're doing that four 40lb constant force springs are only getting you 17 feet. We're using three and (when we have the angle right and aren't battling electrical problems) shoot pretty easily from 17 feet. I know the key for us was making the drum on our winch larger.

We aren't sure ourselves either. There was quite a bit of difference in the range of our comp bot and practice bot, with the comp bot being better. Both bots were built to be identical. We haven't been able to figure out exactly what is causing this to happen. We were able to improve the shot a little after stopping some of the binding in the winch gearbox for the practice bot, but it still isn't the same as the comp bot. Our current design limits us from going too much bigger with the spool for the winch.
Edit: and Mike beat me this time.