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Unread 11-03-2014, 10:25
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Re: Surgical tubing stretched too far

On team 900 we've used surgical tubing power our catapult and we can shoot ~45 feet. We made sure to build it so that there's only 100% to 150% extension and we've not had to re-tension the surgical tubing.

So yes, it sounds like that probably will solve the over-stretching problem, but you'll probably have to tweak the # of wraps or something until it goes the distance you want.