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Re: Ideal compression for flywheel?

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Originally Posted by waialua359 View Post
we have a 1.5"-2" compression for our shooter prototype and we found no real difference between that range.
1" didnt have as much distance/power as it left our shooter through repeated tests.

Different designs will have different optimal compression requirements.
Best to test it out and see for yourself what will work best.
We determined experimentally that 1.5" of compression with nominally 1.5" diameter rollers worked pretty well. It is encouraging to see other teams getting the same numbers!
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