Thread: Shooters: What have you learned?
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Re: Shooters: What have you learned?
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Originally Posted by Jeffy View Post
Conveniently knowing both systems well allow me to answer.

Our shooter does not shoot the ball with a very high velocity (compared to most). The ball is compressed between a roller and a flat piece of poly carbonate. This allows the ball to be decompressed over a fairly large distance (~5 inches). So, it's not exactly an "explosive" exit like it is from a shooter with dual wheels spinning much faster than ours.

Morale of the story:
Allow the ball to compress and decompress over a distance rather than "instantly".
That is probably a more complete and better analysis than just "moar compression" I think that using relatively smaller wheels (3.875inches) also made the compression behave differently than most other shooters.