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Re: Design Process: 2012 Shooters

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Originally Posted by JVN View Post
Do you have any more details on the engineering process that went into its creation? Did you use any formal process?

You mentioned two iterations (change in wheel type / qty, and addition of a feeder wheel) -- were there any others?
W pretty much just used a lot of trial and error, by trying to find the right combination of variable (i.e. length of guides, shooter wheel speed, etc.) and came out with our final design after our second regional.

Here is a video of one of our prototypes, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwVhQSd1TXw, and there is also a thread posted by Flak-bait here on CD which has more discussion on our shooter.
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