Thread: Shooter Problem
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Re: Shooter Problem

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Originally Posted by ThePlagueDoctor View Post
My team is doing the semi circle design for the shooter this year with one cim directly driven to a 8 inch high grip wheel. for the arc of the semi circle guard, we cut out a piece of plexiglass and positioned it at the perfect arc. It picks up the Frisbee fine, but it just doesn't fire it far at all. any ideas of what could be wrong?
1) You may have too much or too little compression on the frisbee

2) You may be running the motor too slow or too fast