We’ve never been a “good” shooting team…and while our primary strategy this game is gears followed by hanging, we didn’t want to be stuck with 40 seconds and nothing to do (because all rotors were turning or there was no way we’d get the fourth).
All in all, we’re extremely pleased with the final result, which is averaging 90% with 20 balls in the hopper, at a fire rate of 4 per second.
Hey there! Our team had a similar strategy focus (gears and climbing), but we found it a bit hard to incorporate an effective shooter in addition to these mechanisms. Could you guys talk a bit about your design? That would be great 
This year we went with a reasonably fast but very, very pushy swerve drive (4 CIMs plus 4 775Pros, with PG-71s for steering) in anticipation of a need for maneuverability and a great deal of defense that we want to maneuver around and/or beast through. [We guessed that many robots would not be high-torque pushers this year, and that defense would be played in later qualifying matches and the tournament in a pique of desperation rather than as a design choice by the vast majority of teams.]
We didn’t want to be in a situation where there was a minute left and we needed six gears to turn the fourth rotor–or had already turned the fourth rotor with three highly effective gear-scoring robots–and thus had nothing to do but play defense or go climb the rope.
So with a fast climb and half a minute to a minute with nothing better to do, we figured we probably ought to be able to score some fuel–with the added bonus that this should enable us to do a gear-plus-ten autonomous as well rather than just a gear.
Given the choice between lots of balls in a hopper that have to be agitated and shot, or fewer balls that can be shot quickly (avoiding defense) and accurately, we chose the latter. We’ll see how it all works out!
Looks awesome, Pat! Can’t wait to see the full thing run at FLR! Good luck!
Thanks! I got a good look at 1405’s drive–I don’t think that’s something we’ll be beasting through! 
Hehe…
It’s one of the best drivetrains I’ve been part of. It glides around the field and can turn on beast mode at will. Wait until you see our additions from Monday and Tuesday. :-p
Shooter looks pretty great there too for ya!