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Re: Shooters: What have you learned?

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Originally Posted by Leeland1126 View Post
[*]Lighter wheels - With lighter wheels, the wheel will be back up to speed faster. This is especially necessary if you're using a motor with less torque and power to run the shooter wheel.
Interesting... If our shop wasn't getting knocked down next week (and rebuilt hopefully by September) we were going to add a bunch of weight flywheel-style to our shooter to see if that increases accuracy!

Also, this is just an anecdotal observation, but single-axle hood shooters seem to be much more reliable than double-axle shooters.
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