[JohnFogarty]

I have a serious question.
Concerning the Gray 8" Pneumatic wheels.

I keep seeing post after post after post about, "You shouldn't be using those...they are "unsafe." While I grasp the concept that spinning those dinky gray wheels at 4000+rpm could compromise their integrity. However, To make a full-court shot from our shooter with two wheels it takes less than 2500rpm and you're already goingto be overshooting the goal by a bit....so why on earth are you sayying someone is spinning their shooter at 4000+ rpm. I realize teams are using those bag motors that spin at 14000rpm....but seriously is this actually happening...?
I'd also like to see the concrete data on the tolerances of the wheel ...now I honestly don't know where that information is...neither have I searched for it.

In either case...Our team did take a precaution of mounting a bulletproof lexan/polycarbonate box around our shooter wheels. So if something did go horribly wrong...no one is going to have anything to worry about.


I'd also like to point out that the plaction wheels fronmandymark have an even greater change of having the non-slip (orange) material fly off...I know it does because the first shooter I tested had it break off in less than an hour.