I am curious about what other people’s opinions are regarding whether it would be better to use a 4th stage or a sliding extender to get up to 12 cubes. In my opinion a 4th stage is better because a extender would prevent a robot from pushing cubes off the back of the tray into towers. The only pro I can think of for the extender is it takes up less space but it will eventually extend out.
Be more specific, can you add pictures?
This thread provides pros and cons for telescoping vs flipouts. The same logic applied to the 3rd stage should be applicable to the 4th stage as well.
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@Mike_321J is asking 4th flip out on a tray, or a telescoping 4 stage. A flip out is where the stage flips to the top, like Goofy, or the 4th stage slides up to the top of the 3rf stage. (I can’t remember any teams that do this of the top of my head.)
- Telescopic
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Flip-out 4th stage has some drawbacks too, namely the extra momentum (kick) during deploy, more complicated (less predictable) deploy dynamics and the fact that you always carry the full length tail behind you.
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I use telescopic 4 th stage with a small 5th stage nestled in for 12 cubes
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A good telescoping tray will retract after it has dropped a stack so it wont be a permanent fixture. Even a 3 stage tray is a pain to drive around, especially when zig zagging around towers and driving around the stack areas. Driving around with 4 stages would just be asking for error.
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