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Originally Posted by vigneshv View Post
We are currently using the 8" 2010 FIRST wheels for a flywheel shooter, but if we turn the wheels at a high speed, the ball slips due to the low coefficient of friction of the wheels. Is there an alternative 8" wheel we can use, which has a higher coefficient of friction, and doesn't shred the balls (the KOP chassis wheels shred the ball for sure)?
I wouldn't worry about any wheels in particular spreading balls because the all will eventually. We have the 4" wheels on our shooter. And Ri3D greenhorns used them.

Just remember compression is everything.