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Re: Linear Path Shooter vs. Circular Path Shooter?

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Originally Posted by Robogineer1649 View Post
We built a prototype and it had two parallel wheels as you were saying you might try. I must add that it was in a linear fashion. But what i really want to tell you is that the frisbees go much further if one side is stationary compared to both sides spinning. Additionally our team has not tried to make a half circle shooter design only a linear so i can not take about that aspect of your question. What i can ask you is why would you use a half circle shooter that takes up much more space especially this year with smaller robots rather then building a linear shooter that works just as well?

Try spinning one wheel faster that the other to impart spin on the disc.

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