22-02-2006 17:34

Kyle Love

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Here she is, the real deal, any questions? By the way, yes that is a Katapult.

22-02-2006 17:34

KyleGilbert45

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Looking good. I can't wait to see how this thing works. Maybe I'll catch up with you guys at the Boilermaker Regional.

Good luck this year.

22-02-2006 17:37

Clark Gilbert

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Looks awesome as always! Can't wait to see it in action @ the Boilermaker Regional (hopefully).

22-02-2006 17:38

Éowyn

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That is really cool looking! Excuse the dumb question, but how does it shoot? I didn't see a shooter wheel. Does it actually catapult the balls?

22-02-2006 17:40

Kyle Love

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YUP! The cam looking thing actually shoots the ball very gracefully. And remember there are no dumb questions! Look at pic 2 for a more detailed shooter shot.

22-02-2006 17:42

EricH

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Is the catapult on a turret? How accurate is it?

22-02-2006 17:43

Kyle Love

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Well, last night when I operated I went 6/6 and 5/6. Keep in mind its not totally debugged, but it is pretty accurate. There is still room for tweaking, but overall I would say its good.

ps did anyone notice the new 45 logo?

22-02-2006 17:47

Alex Cormier

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spiffy new logo, got any videos of this beast?

22-02-2006 17:48

Kyle Love

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I believe there will be one floating around somewhere, sometime soon.

22-02-2006 17:50

Conor Ryan

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How much practise did you guys get? And what are the specs of everything?

22-02-2006 17:52

Kyle Love

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We got lots of drive practice, but not too much with the shooter. But, we have a second robot so that will not affect us. What type of specs?

22-02-2006 17:53

Conor Ryan

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Speed, range, the kind of things that the scouts will ask.

22-02-2006 17:56

Kyle Love

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2-Speed AM shifter...12fps in high around 8fps in low
6WD
It can shoot from around 20 feet out.
Uses the camera.
Uses a FP planetary to a CIM planetary for shooter power.
Can go up the ramp.
Great maneuverability.

Any more?

22-02-2006 17:58

Tim Arnold

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Glad to see another high goal scoring bot not using pitcher style!

I am extremely interested in seeing a video, very interesting design. Looks like it is a single fire, lock (EDIT: The 'c' word got filtered)-and-load-and-shoot method, correct?

At first I thought you made something similar to our team's bot Ball-istic,
But upon review it looks quite different. So glad to see something different from the ordinary

My question mainly is: how fast is it? If it is a pull back to shoot real-deal catapult like I described before, how long is the reload time? Your system of getting balls into the shooter looks rather complex as well.

Good luck in the competition (and getting the innovation award)!

22-02-2006 18:00

Kyle Love

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The shooter shoots around a ball per second. The load system is actually pretty simple...balls go up the front rollers, then down our roller coaster and gets a nice little shot into the katapult. (Pics of the "nice little shot" to come)

22-02-2006 18:02

Tim Arnold

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Sweet. Man, quick reply too. I wasn't even done editing my last post and you had already replied

22-02-2006 18:09

Stephen Kowski

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wow cool katapult....i was hopin you'd go for the quantity over quality three ball shooter, but o well

am i going crazy or is there a servo in the throwing arm?

22-02-2006 18:13

Kyle Love

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Nice observation

22-02-2006 18:19

Nuttyman54

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Is that camera going to be protected? Otherwise looks really good!

22-02-2006 21:37

Alan Anderson

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We eventually settled on calling the action of pulling back the arm "winding", to avoid s$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#s (and filters). Winding the arm into place automatically loads a waiting ball into position to be flung. The major limit on launch rate is the brief time it takes for the newly loaded ball to stop bobbling so it goes straight when flung.

22-02-2006 22:29

R Stephenson

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also how does the camera hold up be in the open?

23-02-2006 12:34

Alan Anderson

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I don't know, and I'd rather not find out. I plan to insist on adding some sort of protection to the camera as one of the team's first to-do items at the Boilermaker regional.