pic: SPAM's 2008 Robot

[Swampdude]

SWEET! Looks great guys, thanks for showing it. It looks fast.

[BadameAmie]

Originally Posted by Swampdude

SWEET! Looks great guys, thanks for showing it. It looks fast.

Actually I think it is one of our slower robots... we geared it down 3 times... so now it actually only goes like 12 ft/s... it originally was over 20 ft/s... but that is a little dangerous... and although our robot this year isn't our safest we didn't want to put too much more faith in the kids driving the robot and not hurting people.

[Gabe Salas Jr.]

Yeah I agree that 20 fps is pretty fast. Honestly, I think anything over 15 fps is pushing it considering other robots and field elements will be on the track, and it won't be often when the robot will be hitting those top speeds.

[BadameAmie]

Originally Posted by CrazyBear

Yeah I agree that 20 fps is pretty fast. Honestly, I think anything over 15 fps is pushing it considering other robots and field elements will be on the track, and it won't be often when the robot will be hitting those top speeds.

I agree so we geared it down in order to give our driver more control.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Did the shooter put spin on the ball? It didn't look like it bounced as I was expecting it to.

[Boothy180]

Originally Posted by Ogre

Did the shooter put spin on the ball? It didn't look like it bounced as I was expecting it to.

Nope. It just goes up. Sometimes quite literally, so we usually want some forward momentum when we launch.