200 mph ball kicker

FIRST General Forum
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Would this be considered overkill for a ball kicker?

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://www.marca.com/2010/01/25/futbol/equipos/real_madrid/1264434120.html&sl=auto&tl=en

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It breaks a few rules about extension into the Bumper Perimeter and would bounce out of the goals… so… yes? :slight_smile:

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I’ll just go ahead and be the first one to point out 200km/h != 200mph :wink:

4

It would roughly be 125 mph.

5

Yeah, but what about breaking the sound barrier?!?

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Also getting that by safety may be an issue… I know the refs would be scared of missfired balls heading there way

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To be fair, the translated article does say 200 mph. Either way it’s still gonna turn the heads of the safety inspectors (and everyone else)…but DANG that is cool

8

there is no such thing as overkill

9

I know I shouldn’t doubt you Al, but I see nothing about the sound barrier. Could you point us to this rule?

10

Fast enought to wipe off the tie-dye… :rolleyes:

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I’ll say no rules broken. The wheels move, not the frame; and the kicker stays under the frame before kicking, pops out of the perimeter for no more than 2 seconds, and retracts. All of that seems nearly text book.:wink:

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If it’s that fast, <S01> may well come into effect…

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Which section is <S01> in again?

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<S01>-<S04> are the first four rules in Section 7, right after the definitions.

<S0X> and <GXX> rules are in Section 7, <RXX> rules are in Section 8, and <TXX> rules are in Section 9. Other sections with rules do not number them.

<S01> is the most general of the safety rules. Pretty much, if it’s unsafe, it can be penalized.

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It’s remarkable that the original article cites 200 km/h and 130 km/h but then Google Translate decided it was 200 mi/h and 130 km/h. I wonder how it did that - why did it choose to translate kilometer as mile, without converting, and then decided to skip “translating” the other figure. An interesting bug, maybe…

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Hehe I just saw this and went right away to see whether anyone posted about it already =P Pretty amazing stuff

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<R02B> might apply.

18

…If its worth doing, its worth over-doing. :smiley:

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I love how you used the code not equal to rather than what most people use: =/=. You are on programming on your team, I assume?

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Haha I saw this on Engadget today