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Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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Here's a disc golf app idea:

Film yourself in slow motion from front and back angles throwing a disc, upload the video to the app.

App then overlays you with different pros so you can see what you're doing right and wrong. You can compare angles of arms, torso, etc.

I would pay for an app like this.

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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This problem was partially involved in the 2013 season of the FIRST Robotics Competition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Ascent

Ha! When I saw their bot I immediately thought of my days on FRC and knew there were probably some bots that solved this with a past game.

For those curious about that specific game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa5MGEZNrf0

One of the Finals matches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ0VNzIvHx0

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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> the gear broke ... bad quality wood ... material was MDF

Try something better?

> It's vital to use good plywood for the gears. Ordinary spruce or fir plywood has layers that are too coarse, and the wood is not strong enough. But the Baltic birch plywood, with thin birch layers throughout, makes for an excellent material

https://woodgears.ca/gear/howto.html

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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I love disc golf. My interests have truly intersected on this post.

In addition to clinics and practice ranges, this would be useful for folks that throw a lot in the field if it’s made a bit smaller and at a lower price point. I often throw 50-70 discs at a time and they’re annoying to pick up :)

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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Here's a disc golf app idea: Film yourself in slow motion from front and back angles throwing a disc, upload the video to the app. App then overlays you with different pros so you can see what you're doing right and wrong. You can compare angles of arms, torso, etc. I would pay for an app like this.

Highly recommend OnForm for this. You can download pro slow motion videos and put them next to you side by side.

Re: Creating a Disc Golf picker upper

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post #6

> the gear broke ... bad quality wood ... material was MDF Try something better? > It's vital to use good plywood for the gears. Ordinary spruce or fir plywood has layers that are too coarse, and the wood is not strong enough. But the Baltic birch plywood, with thin birch layers throughout, makes for an excellent material https://woodgears.ca/gear/howto.html

yeah we then used 2 1/8th aluminum pieces stacked on top of each other (because we didn't have 1/4 inch)
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