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Unread 09-03-2013, 21:06
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Re: Shooter wheel covering

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Originally Posted by cad321 View Post
When you say 1in of compression what do you meen by this. When i think of compression i think about if the gap between the edge of the wheels to the wall is the diameter of the disk(what 11in is that), whatever amount you remove from that is the amount of compression. So compression of .25in on an 11in disk the space measured would be 10.75in. The reason i ask is because the 1in you mension seems an awful lot that the way i consider it.
It's entirely possible that the space between the wheel and wall is 10". I wouldn't expect the frisbee to be compressed 1" if this was the case, rather the pneumatic tire deforming a portion of that.
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