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Re: pic: Shooter damaged a Boulder

IMO, the million dollar question: does the puncture in the outer layer change its squishiness and/or how quickly it returns? It seems like the squishiness is at least partly driven by forcing air in and out through the one little hole in the jacket/coating... I'd think more puncture holes could dramatically change that (and thus how it shoots/flies... particularly in a flywheel/compression shooter).

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Originally Posted by MrForbes View Post
After playing with the ball for a few minutes, I have very little interest in trying to shoot it using a spinning wheel. It's not that type of ball.

However, building a medieval siege engine (catapult) looks like a neat plan!
That's what I've been thinking since I first saw their differences from the Basketballs & Poof Balls... without having tried shooting Boulders (worn and unworn) with both catapults and flywheels (and impact launchers, I suppose) it's obviously all just educated guess-work.
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