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Re: Lights to help aim

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Originally Posted by Ninjastahr View Post
Why not just use a beambreak sensor? They have the range for it* and would be able to tell you exactly when you are pointed at the goal, and are fairly easy to see.

*they are rated for use at that range, but I have never seen it done
We use ours for telling us where we are pointed at the goal. The goal doesn't have much room for horizontal misalignment so the flashlights shows us left to right where our shot will go. It seems to work well because we were typically shooting with an 85-90% accuracy.
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