pic: Blue Lightning 578 presents KateGleasonOne

[ngreen]

Looks really nice Ken and team.

Question: Can your suction grab a bonus ball? I know it is easier to knock it out but it would be cool if it could.

[KenWittlief]

good question - havent thought about that - we push the 10 point ball off with the suction cups, I guess we could try to capture it instead

theres 3 of them, they are spaced to get a solid grip on the 2X ball, but we could give that a try - thanks for the suggestion :^)

BTW - if you put them on your forhead and turn the pump on, it will give you a nice hickey - dont ask me how I know that

[shadowfox32]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

theres 3 of them, they are spaced to get a solid grip on the 2X ball

do you have any pic of that which you woul be willing to share? It would be quite a sight too see, reminds me of basketball players holding the ball with just there hands.

[KenWittlief]

no I dont have any photos holding the 2X ball - but it has a death grip on it, and we can reach between the PVC pipes on the goals to get the 2X ball, so we dont have to reach over the top like lots of teams are having problems with using claws

Ive seen several teams on the webcasts with claws, when they place the ball on the goal, then open the claw, it pushes the pvc pipes out and the 2X ball falls off the goal.

Our arm was originally centered between the drivewheels, so when you held the 2x ball straight up and did a victory spin, the ball rotated in the air perfectly, like the earth spinning on its axis

but we had to move the arm forward a bit to match the C.G for hanging from the bar.

[ngreen]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

Ive seen several teams on the webcasts with claws, when they place the ball on the goal, then open the claw, it pushes the pvc pipes out and the 2X ball falls off the goal.

I've been noticing this too. A lot of team can uncap well but they have trouble capping quickly. Luckily the suction robots can shove the 2x into the goal and release. That the main reason I pushed suction because many of the robots would have trouble if a 2x ball got lodged in their goal.