Reviewed the results of timing and conducted more tests.
Also we geared up the faster new gun – should be ready to go this week.
In reviewing the timing, the majority of time is lost on missing the first shot. Mechanical movement time makes up the vast majority of time consumption, especially corrections, followed by shot time itself.
In reviewing time consumption is was clear that the number of movements per target was very high due to incorrect targeting initially.
The new gun targeting moves faster, but the mechanical moves still take up most of the time (and always will). The key is to properly match the pointer to the blob correctly the first time, so no corrections are necessary. Then improvements in mechanical speed will have a significant impact on the overall times.
