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Unread 12-04-2012, 02:22
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Re: Shooters: What have you learned?

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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday View Post
I'll start off: Make a single axle shooter if you want backspin. And if you make one with two axles, make an easy way to adjust the squish and make it easy to take apart. Because you'll be doing a lot of that.
1712 had no issue getting backspin using a dual-axle shooter. We had each axle controlled independently so we adjust the backspin, but you could also find the ideal ratio and gear them to it. We never really adjust our backspin, so that capability is not the most useful in the world.