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Re: Linear Path Shooter vs. Circular Path Shooter?
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Originally Posted by skottmorris
Has anyone considered a linear path shooter for their design?
Everything I've seen on YouTube is built with a circular path. I'm curious if this was for design convenience or there is some magic to the disc following a circular path. My team has proposed creating a linear path shooter with two parallel motors to "spin" the disc down the launch path. Has anyone tried this? If it works, it would make a nice compact shooter.
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Why not just quickly test both? You're going to have some discrepancies between the performance of the two anyway. Also, you might be using different materials than other teams and the such. Grab a bunch of wheels and have at it. You guys might also develop another idea just from doing that!
Good luck!
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