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Originally Posted by Ninja_Bait
I was thinking about the possibility of adding dumbbells or other round steel weights to any kind of flywheel to add momentum. Might be worth a try...
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been there, tried that. Not reccommended unless you want to spend a bunch of time waiting for the wheel to rev up.
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Originally Posted by krazyman1013
Use the Andy Mark performance wheels and attach weights as you see fit.
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When I was was on 1747 we used 3 Kit wheels from 08 (6") direct drive to a cim... it had plenty of power and was pretty accurate.With the current range of parts, it could be done using an FP in a planetary if you wanted to save the cims for the drivetrain.
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Originally Posted by Nick LaPosta
If you use one wheel to shoot it I would recommend putting it on the bottom of the launcher and squeezing the ball between that and the top of the barrel. That would create a backspin and make the ball more stable in the air and it would bounce less once it hits something.
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the sytem used that as well.
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