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Originally Posted by philso

Just as important as what speed was used is to keep the speed constant.

Which means:

1) don't just give the motor(s) a fixed command and,

2) use speed feedback to control the speed, and design your shooter (motors, gearing, wheel diameter, etc) to operate at the desired shooting speed with a voltage of less than, say, 8 volts... so you have plenty of headroom for the closed loop controller to operate.

Viable controller options for controlling speed of a spinning flywheel include PID, TBH, and bang-bang.

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