Full Court shot

[Brandon_L]

That looks like the AM Pneumatic wheel. Were also using that, but it wobbles insanely. How did you manage to fix that? Yours looks pretty stable.

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Originally Posted by Brandon_L

That looks like the AM Pneumatic wheel. Were also using that, but it wobbles insanely. How did you manage to fix that? Yours looks pretty stable.

Basically, first of all make sure your motor mount is very stable.
Make sure the hub is perfectly centred on the wheel. We used some thin grippy material between the wheel and the hub to prevent it slipping. Make sure all six bolts are tight.
Then find a piece of something that can fit in the hole in the hub and suspend the wheel like a plumb bob. You'll see it list a lot to one side or the other. The weight of the fill tube leaves it way off balance. Attach weights to the wheel until it balances as perfectly as you can get it. Make very sure that the weights are securely attached, these wheels are really moving fast and a couple of grams at that speed will do serious damage. See Jason's post above.

Then everything is great and hopefully your team-mates will have developed the world's best climber while you were working on the shooter. That part didn't work out that way for us, but a guy can dream.

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Originally Posted by neaanopri

Out of curiosity, what gear ratio were you using?

Gears? We don't need no stinking gears!

It was direct drive off a CIM, running at about 90% power.

[TeamUpNext3528]

WoW! That was awesome! Our team is going for the same approach. We are wanting to shoot full court shots. But that really depends if our shooter is accurate enough.

And I do agree, there could be air flow getting in the way of those long shots depending on where the regional is.

[Willyspu]

Any tips on balancing the wheel?

[z_beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by Willyspu

Any tips on balancing the wheel?

Our team stuck a couple of long screws to the inside of the wheel opposite the valve. It seems to be working so far...

[Akash Rastogi]

Here's our full court shot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNT5c...Jchc5w&index=5

[rai337]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Here's our full court shot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNT5c...Jchc5w&index=5

what wheel you used? we've been trying pneumatic wheels and rubber wheels and the pneumatic wasnt stable, while the rubber didnt have much power..

[SciBorg Dave]

Originally Posted by Willyspu

Any tips on balancing the wheel?

Team 4061 went to a tire store and got stick on wheel weights.
The valve stem was the heavy spot so we added 2 wheel weights at 120 and 240 degrees from the valve stem. This gave 3 points of weight the valve stem and the stick on weights. We had to use 1/4 oz at the 2 points. This worked very well to rid vibration.

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Nice video. That looks awesome. I assume you know there might be a pyramid on the field, so that's why you programmed in that little curve at the end....

Of course.