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Originally Posted by swwrobotics
Our mentor said the we should have as little amount of contact with the ball as possible to pervent too much deformation and loss of accuracy. So you're right, that definitely could be the problem. But just out of curiosity, would it be worth more to have a high gear ratio or a larger wheel diameter?
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From what it sounds like, your shooter barely compresses the ball. If so, the best thing to try out first would be to increase the compression between the shooter wheel and the ball; otherwise every motor and wheel combination you can try will likely have the same disappointing results.
The trick is to find a balance between not enough compression (not enough energy from the wheel gets transferred to the ball, leading to wimpy shooting range) and too much compression (too much energy is taken from the shooter wheel without any shooter range improvements). If you do some experimenting, you'll find an a good balance between the two.
Once you find the ideal level of compression, then you can look into substituting other motors, gear ratios, and wheel sizes.