Our team has been debating whether we should use an angle changing puncher or a two ball shooting puncher. On Saturday, we went to the competition with a robot with a puncher that we built in one week and won excellence, skills champions, and tournament champions. The two other competitions we went to we had a double catapult and won excellence and tournament champions at each competition. We changed to a puncher because we realized how easy it was to play defense on a double catapult he we saw no defense for the past 3 competitions. We need to decide on a design before the states competition but don’t know what to do. What would you guys do? Thanks.
It depends on your driver and specific design. A 2BC will win the efficiency, both in shooting an in motors on V5. But the puncher angling allows for a more diverse style and unpredictable strategy. If your driver can hit-and-run pretty well, I’d go with a 2BC. If you like to play out the long game, undoing your opponent’s work really quickly, a 2BC is probably the quickest way to do so. But a puncher has the strategical benefits. And it’s easier to tune.
Because you’ve tried both, it might just come down to which one your driver likes to use more.
Judging from your performed well with both designs I’d say go with what your driver and programmer are more comfortable with because it seems you guys are able to perform well with both and either will be a good choice.
both 2bc and punchers can be very effective, at my comp last week an alliance of 2 punchers won to an alliance of 2 double catapults.
I think you should keep your current robot as it is right now and improve on it. It’s a little too close to states for a rebuild imo.
I’ve always bee a puncher with angle adjuster advocate, the strategic advantages they have can negate a double catapults efficiency pretty well. It’s played out at the past three signature events. However @Joshua_L is probably right in saying to not change so close to states to rebuild. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to keep what you have and tune it as much as you can, especially considering you preformed so well with both designs.