Re: Success with encoders
 

We use US Digital shaft encoders, with the ball bearing option. The bushing option is cheaper, but is less robust. These things are pretty bulletproof so long as you don't smash things into them or give them unreasonable side load.

We use these on our drive: http://usdigital.com/products/encode...otary/shaft/S4

And used these on our shooter due to the lower CPR: http://usdigital.com/products/encode...otary/shaft/S5

In retrospect, the S4 would have been fine for the shooter.

Re: Success with encoders
 

Thank you for everyone's inputs. I really appreciate it and we'll be putting this to good use in the upcoming season. One thing we're learning is where to spend money and where to save. Given the importance of having a reliable shooter this past season, having a working encoder was critical to having a successful shooter.

You can see from the attached photo, we did a custom encoder that has worked with maybe 25% reliability. This was a ton of work to have an unreliable system. So, we'll probably be purchasing several of these encoders and testing them all for the reliability and versatility.

thank you,