pic: Team 1523 Shooter + Video

[Arefin Bari]

Originally Posted by robosapien

Is there any official information from team 179 about the event for this year?

According to Tytus,

February 18th... from 1 p.m. till 4 p.m. at the Swampland.

Inlet grove high school
7071 Garden Road
Riviera Beach, FL 33407

[Joe Johnson]

You must be using a one-way roller clutch so that the rubber band can over run the van door motor. Very clever.

• Lets the elastic take over when it needs to.
• Doesn't require an elaborate catch.
• Rapid firing without complex sequencing issues.
• Allows the "follow through" of the arm to partially wind the arm for the next toss.
• van door motor starts rewind automatically when the arm slows down

Beautiful!

I had my doubts about the feasability of making a rapid fire catapult.

But, you ave done a great job, one that I think has a chance to compete with the pitching machine solutions.

Well done.

Joe J.

[nuggetsyl]

how far back were you shooting from in the video

shaun

[spamified88]

Wow, that is a really cool shooting mechanism! How did you come up with that idea? Did you base it off of a batting cage launcher?

[Chris_Elston]

Great job guys.

The only comment I have though.


I don't know much about measuring with a radar gun, are you suppose to measure the ball on coming into the radar gun or away from the radar gun?

It looked to me in the video you are measuring your Poofy Balls as it was leaving the range of your radar gun.

Which way should it be or more accurate to make sure the reading you are getting from the gun is indeed what it says it is?

[Eldarion]

Great job guys! Very impressive!

[Eric Scheuing]

Wow. That's very impressive. I have one question though.

How does it load? Does the belt you have load into something, or is it incomplete?

[d.courtney]

very cool shooting mechanism (do I smell innovation award)

[TriggsJr]

REALLY COOL

Can you change the distance it can fire

are you going to use the camera to aim.

This is a great rapid fire machine.

[rocknthehawk]

i'm jealous!

NOT of the shooter (which looks really good!), but of the fact that you're wearing shorts!

[miketwalker]

Very nicely done, I didn't think that catapults could come out with a rapid-fire. I can't wait to see it when you guys tweak it and work out the accuracy bugs. Just be careful with the surgical tubing since over time it doesn't pull as hard, which will change how fast your motor pulls those balls up over time. Great job guys.

[phrontist]

This is by far the coolest shooter I've seen mechanically. Can you fire from multiple distances?

[LightWaves1636]

Awesome shooter! I really love the design and idea. The best use of a catapult ever!

[Mike AA]

It appears you have exceeded your bandwidth limit on your website? This I cant watch

If you would like it hosted at another location I can host the file for you, or there is also mediaputfile I believe it is?

-Mike Aalderink

[Scott Morgan]

It took me a while but I was able to figure it out without seeing the video
but i would really like to see it in action
looks awesome