pic: Other Angle of Cannon Prototype

[Hanna2325]

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[dani190]

so what motors are you gusy using to run those wheels that will shoot the ball?

[bigbeezy]

looks very familiar... reminds me of our 2006 cannon (a.k.a. the PooPoo Cannon, since it used to be a sewer pipe )

are those last years AM wheels? How far could u shoot the balls if u really wanted

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by dani190

so what motors are you gusy using to run those wheels that will shoot the ball?

You can see 1 CIM motor for each side in this picture. They appear to be direct driving the wheels through an Andymark hub (if I remember the CIM shaft size right it would have to be a 1/4" bore hub with the bore widened to 8mm and a 2mm broached keyway).

[dani190]

hm that should be intresting considering you might need 4 motors to drive. Now if you say have 2 wheels driving good, use 2 fisher price motors to run ur belts, and then use 2 cim motors to shoot... That would work

[spc295]

have you tried shooting your cannon with some broken balls, which will inevitably end up in your cannon. if not will the broken balls either not shoot out accurately, or will they jam your system.

[Hanna2325]

we've gotten 16ft with it...but it is an unaccurate prototype, there will be a lot of changes...it got about 30% of balls in, and we are planning on a lot more than that... i'm not sure of the motors b/c im on programming

[cardinalman86]

Has it ever jammed on you guys? The only thing that i've been afraid of this year with a shooter is that one ball will get stuck and everything will get jammed and broke. I didn't know if it happened and what happened when it did get stuck?

[Hanna2325]

Originally Posted by cardinalman86

Has it ever jammed on you guys? The only thing that i've been afraid of this year with a shooter is that one ball will get stuck and everything will get jammed and broke. I didn't know if it happened and what happened when it did get stuck?

no, we have had no problems so far with it, accept of course it isn't accurate enough yet. We feed the balls one at a time and it gets them out fast. There is not enough space for a ball and a half to get entangled right now

[cardinalman86]

Originally Posted by Hanna2325

no, we have had no problems so far with it, accept of course it isn't accurate enough yet. We feed the balls one at a time and it gets them out fast. There is not enough space for a ball and a half to get entangled right now

lol, u'll have to hook us up with an update when/if it happens

[Hanna2325]

of course...lol

[cardinalman86]

We'll be waitin... till then we'll go on our seperate ways and hope ours doesn't jam, lol

[waialua359]

Accuracy will definitely be important as I have yet to read on CD how teams plan to consistently score in the trailer, from relatively far distances.

I think shooting at the target in '06 from 20 ft++ is much easier than the trailers this year for targets 10 ft and beyond.
My $.02.

[R.C.]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Accuracy will definitely be important as I have yet to read on CD how teams plan to consistently score in the trailer, from relatively far distances.

I think shooting at the target in '06 from 20 ft++ is much easier than the trailers this year for targets 10 ft and beyond.
My $.02.

I agree, thatz why a camera and lazy susan will come in handy this year.

[amariealbrecht]

very true...i think that if its not accurate then the game is shot...otherwise of course relying on the human shooters but thats not true robotics..!