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Re: Wheel shooter gearing

If you want to go with a single-wheel shooter with a hood, just think about what the ball is doing. In that case, it rolls between the hood and the shooter, which cuts its speed in half, when compared to a two-wheel shooter design. So, where my team has a 7:1 reduction for a two wheel shooter, we would want a 3.5:1 reduction for a single wheel shooter. That would double the speed of the shooter wheel, which would keep the speed of the ball the same as we have now.