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Re: Varying conditions of the balls

So now that we have confirmed the problem, lets start brainstorming solutions. My first thought was some sort of lead screw pushing into the ball until a pressure sensor read a certain force, and recording the number of inches of squish. Of course, this is really slow and inconvenient. Anyone else have any ideas? Could we pre-mash up a ball and get it ready to shoot and be consistent?

The other questions to ask are: What curve is there in the squish? Is there a point where balls move from 'hard' to 'squishy'? Or is it some sort of curve, or linear progression?