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Re: pic: Team 177's Bobcat

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Originally Posted by Tim Delles
Looks pretty sweet. Kinda glad your one of my FF picks.
So is the angle the ball comes out adjustable or are you a one spot shot?
Also what do you use to keep the balls from jamming up?

Looks great, hoping to get to see a video of this in action.
You can check out video at our website.

The angle of the launcher is not adjustable, but the speed of the launch wheel is variable. We don't have the best resolution, but we determined it would be too difficult to adjust the launcher angle on the fly.

To keep the balls from jamming up we simply drop our harvester out and pull it back in (it's on linear bearings). The friction from the balls and the rolling of the harvester pops all the balls in the hopper up like a popcorn machine and dejams it. The hopper really shouldn't jam much, since it's designed for the balls to fall cleanly into the shooter or roll back out the front.
 


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