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Re: CIM Motor Sacrifice

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Originally Posted by eagle33199 View Post
For your consideration... our prototype shooter managed to score fairly consistently from the key last night running off two cordless drills (which are closer to 550's than CIM's). With the plethora of motors this year, you could easily stick 4 BB motors on the shooter (and have enough motors for everything else you want to do), and get 1000W of power out of them for shooting. That's more power than two CIM's!
How far did it shoot? If two CIMS can accuratly shoot a ball farther than 4 BB's, there is an advantage right there.
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