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Re: Optimum Wheels for ball shooter

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Originally Posted by MysterE View Post
I think the most difficult thing for us right now is making sure that our wheel choice doesn't destroy the balls. We are using the pneumatic tires from Andymark - the distance is amazing but we have to work on keeping them from shredding the tires.
In 2006 we prototyped a shooter using wheels similar to AM's Pneumatic and could not find a way to make them play well with poof balls. It seems that any wheel with a texture to it will start to chunk the ball with too much compression or if it hits the wrong way. Try swapping in some 2010 kit wheels or 8" Colsons (going to be heavy) and see what kind of results those wheels get you.
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