967 2012 Shooter Test

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967 Shooter Test

Shooter test for 2012, inspired by our 2009 robot

[AaronLeondar]

Wow, that's a really clever idea!

Is the metal bar on the top absolutely necessary or does it prevent the ball from going incredibly off-course or losing momentum?

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Originally Posted by AaronLeondar

Is the metal bar on the top absolutely necessary or does it prevent the ball from going incredibly off-course or losing momentum?

The bar compresses the ball pushing it into the bottom wheel, and creates backspin

[aRobotDragon]

cool whats its effective range

[372 lives on]

ORBIT BALL!!!!!

why is it there? is this a secret hint?

[JosephC]

Originally Posted by 372 lives on

ORBIT BALL!!!!!

why is it there? is this a secret hint?

yes, they are going to have secret orbit balls this year!

Great idea! I'm curious as to what those green tubes are being used for.

[Nemo]

Originally Posted by JosephC

yes, they are going to have secret orbit balls this year!

Great idea! I'm curious as to what those green tubes are being used for.

The reason we decided to try the 2009 robot was because we saw this video from Team 2386. Those shooter wheels seem to be directly driven by a CIM, so we decided to play with our 2009 robot, which also uses a direct driven CIM for a shooter wheel.

Anyway, the green tubes helped the conveyor get the orbit balls into the shooter.

[bdbayes]

Very cool! I like the design.

[Dr Theta]

Looks good. I'm a little disappointed that we won't be seeing you guys this year . We enjoyed playing with you guys at 10k lakes last year. Good luck guys it looks like you are off to a good start.

[TechLizzy16]

Awesome idea! Hope it works well for you guys!