Nope, just one ball at a time. The ball collector located under the cannon allows us to carry/transport the maximum of 3 balls, fire one, load another, and fire again.
So does the fan/blower violate the following rule?
The only motors and actuators permitted on 2012 FRC Robots include:
K. drive motors or fans that are part of a speed controller or COTS computing device and fans included in the 2012 Kit of Parts
We decided early on that we would have trouble picking up a ball and launching one with the KOP provided fans, especially when we fried one of them.
I am starting to see more and more robots that are scoring against the fender aka “Fender Bots.” Ours is obviously done very differently (infer what you will), your design is unique and awesome, but I am very interested to see how things work out with your bot.
Just awesome, good luck in 2012
The Fender bot, as I see it, will get very popular, and some will even be engineered to not get pushed against. The question is: How can you make yours more effective than the other ones? I know you guys aren’t going to be fender bots, but I just have to wonder: How will great teams deviate from the standard fender bot and make them super fender bots?
These fans are 100% legal 
We have a high rate of accuracy by lining up with the fender, but have just an easy time shooting from anywhere else forward of the key. Do you have an image/video of your bot online for viewing?
Good luck to you too!
The blower itself would not be illegal. Having the motor from the blower would. By replacing the motor with a legal one, the device becomes legal.
It’s not uncommon for teams to see a device that has an illegal motor but fits the game, remove the motor, and modify the device to fit a KOP or other legal motor. One of the favorite “victims” of this modification seems to be a DeWalt gearbox, but I’ve seen vaccums have that done to them. (The other good one was the “air wall” method of shot blocking attempted in 2006. It failed miserably, no matter who tried it.)
i agree with eric.
looks liek motor rules violations
Read the second sentence of his post down. We “heavily modified” the blowers, implying we gutted them.
We have basically the same ability. We will be posting some photos to CD very soon. Basically as soon as I can grab some really good ones.
Ah, very cool! Can’t wait to see what your team has come up with !
That means you disagree with me.
If the blowers are modified to have legal motors instead of the ones they came with, they are perfectly, 100% legal (given that they also fit within cost constraints, which I’m reasonably certain they do).
I would assume that that is the modification made, and hazard a guess that 3 of the 4 allowed BaneBots motors are in the blowers now.
Bonus trivia: The last time team 23 competed was in 1999–think 2-team alliances. Back then, most of the non-bulk-material robot parts came from Small Parts Inc, or the KOP. Within a couple of years, Small Parts could not handle the amount of orders, so the allowed materials list had to expand. If 23 has any mentors from that era, they must think they’re in paradise with all the allowed cool stuff! Particularly the fact that now you can use motors that aren’t coming out of those boxes you get in January!
Very Cool! Glad to see your team is back and what a year to pick as well. Basketball game, your team number is 23, the same number as arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, very cool. 
We’ve got our original coach, a few mentors and two drivers from that era. It’ll be interesting to ask how the game has evolved over the years.
4th place success in Connecticut! Saw lots of good bots, nice people, and intense matches.