Who is using a turret

Technical Technical Discussion
1

Are you planning on using a turret for 2013? Ultimate Ascent

2

Due to the nature of the game piece we found a turret hard to integrate as well as the fact that the slot is so wide

Peyton

3

Are YOU planning on using a turret for 2013?

  • Sunny G.
4

I can sure see the benefits, but it does complicate things. It is still to be decided

5

By turret do you mean side to side or up and down or both? If anything we would be using a up and down turret.

6

A turret implies rotational motion. (What I assume you are referring to as “side to side”.) Up and down would be one of two things: Changing the elevation of the shooter OR changing the angle of launch. I also am taking the liberty of assuming you are referring to the latter and changing the angle of launch.

7

We’re going to use a shooter that can change the angle of elevation, but we’re not installing a turret because:
A. The mechanical complexity isn’t worth the gains
B. We can get the same accuracy from physically turning our robot with gyro feedback as we would get with a pivoting turret.