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Re: Prototype Small Wheeled Shooter

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Originally Posted by Phyrxes View Post
Question for those of you running a close spacing between the wheels do you notice any issues with discs being in contact with both? Currently our wheels are approximately 1.5" apart and I'm wondering if it its worth re-manufacturing the attachment at this point.

Same as most people: 1:1 and 3:1 Bag motors, orange BB wheels, and using a piece of of roughtop on the fence with about .25" compression.

We aren't running tiny wheels but smaller than most, and it was my engineering intuition that says having the frisbee touching both wheels has to be detrimental to overall performance as that pretty much necessitates one wheel slipping. Ours is designed so this isn't possible and the shooter does seem to perform quite well with minimal wear on the green banebots wheels.

Additionally, roughtop as a backstop is probably not the best material. Roughtop actually has pretty poor friction on plastics
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