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Re: Spreadsheet for Throwing Arm

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
Are you assuming the ball exits the throwing arm at a tangent to the rotation of the arm? We've found that, depending on our prototype catapult holds/cradles the ball, this is not always the case, and can have a very significant impact on the speed and trajectory of the ball.
Here's a good paper on this subject:Rolling Release Catapult
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