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Brandon_L
19-02-2010, 18:37
Just by the way, some of the clips in the vid are old, the most recent is last week. Alot has changed, but that's for later. Comments?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky61dxymlNg
apalrd
19-02-2010, 18:41
How fast is that kicker/roller going? Looks fast. How far can the ball go?
Brandon_L
19-02-2010, 18:43
How fast is that kicker/roller going? Looks fast. How far can the ball go?

That's only about 1/8th speed

Full speed it will probably go out of the arena. About half speed is what were using to kick all the balls from one side of the arena to the other.
Tom Line
19-02-2010, 23:09
I'm curious - does the kicker pass outside your frame perimeter as it spins?
armyOFdarkness
19-02-2010, 23:37
That's an awesome kicker! How well can you range the kicks by varying the speed?
Brandon_L
19-02-2010, 23:53
I'm curious - does the kicker pass outside your frame perimeter as it spins?

No.

That's an awesome kicker! How well can you range the kicks by varying the speed?

Very well.
Akash Rastogi
19-02-2010, 23:57
We have a similar kicker that we plan on replacing at Trenton. We quickly found that the downside of kickers like this is that variable distancing is less effective than you would think when purely based on changing RPMs, it is not a very consistent system, and the approach speed of the ball is what cause variability in the function of the kicker.

In theory its the simplest thing you can make for a quick kicker. But, at least in our testing and mechanism, it is not very reliable/consistent. But perhaps your results were far better than ours.