When mounting anything to a Falcon 500 motor, you need to use very short screws. 0.5" is too long because it will bind with the motor internally.
Use #10-32 SHCS, 0.375" long to mount a CIM adapter to a Falcon.
3/24/2021
Proof of concept
Next steps:
Adjust wheel speeds to "dial in" on a target and evaluate consistency.
Consider adding flywheels to shafts, see if that impacts consistency & range.
3/26/2021
We added brass flywheels
The flywheels gave us a more consistent shot when sending many balls in succession.
Students adjusted shaft speeds to aim for a specific point on the wall. They started with slow shaft speeds and increased the speed of each motor one at a time, dialing in on the target.
Next Steps:
Integrate this mechanism onto a robot.
Work on ball intake.
Work on ball storage & how to feed them into the shooter.
4/15/2021
Integrated the Shooter onto a prototype robot.
Feeder mechanism supplies balls to the shooter wheels.
Already have some backspin before entering the shooter - this is good.
Next Steps:
Continue to "work backwards" & think about how balls can be fed into the feeder mechanism. Maybe from the front of the robot, or maybe behind the wheels.