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Re: Using a Plunger System to Launch Balls

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Originally Posted by pfreivald View Post
That kind of recoil wouldn't exactly produce the level of accuracy you'd be looking for on a half-court shot, either!
Recoil isn't really the right term. The ball is gone when the rod and spring reach the end of their travel. There's a lot of inertia in the mechanism when it slams into the end-stop.
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