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Re: Ideal compression for flywheel?

Honestly, I would only recommend as much compression as you need to get the width of contact patch your shooter requires, and no more. If you have high speed AND high normal forces, you might repeatedly leave marks or scuffs on the ball. This is illegal per [G12]. Additionally, the force required to compress the ball will cause the flywheel to slow.

We're getting repeatable results with much, much less compression.
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