pic: Team 225 BEAR-O-Metric

[karpiron]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Beautiful design. I love it. It looks like it would be very effective. Just out of curiosity, how are you getting around rules <S03> and <R04>? It looks as if your drawbridge ramp is outside the starting 28x38 foot print thus violating <S03> and it can let down between 0 and 8.5" from the floor violating <R04>. You might want to double check the discussion in this thread.

Re: (S03)
FIRST Q/A answered this issue of a ball release by GRAVITY. (1-26-06)
We can not use the conveyor while the door opens - separates the two functions.

Re: (R04)
Our door rotation is limited so that the front face is not more than 5 degrees from vertical.

[Courtneyb1023]

Sounds good! Great design! I would make the sides of the ramp taller to prevent anything pushing you into the goal, even with the algorithm.

[ChuckDickerson]

Originally Posted by karpiron

Re: (S03)
We can not use the conveyor while the door opens - separates the two functions..

Pretty smart idea!

Originally Posted by karpiron

Re: (R04)
Our door rotation is limited so that the front face is not more than 5 degrees from vertical.

Looks like you covered your bases! Great design.

[KTorak]

Is 5 degrees enough slope to move the balls in quickly enough?...Just a thought. As for being pused in, I would also make the sides of the "ramp" taller so it gives you some kind of protection from going into the goal. Again, just anouther thought. But it appears to be a very solid and simple design with the potential to be a big scorer.