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Re: Catapult issues with boulders

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Originally Posted by tr6scott View Post

To me, the issue with the new balls is the stickyness of the coating, not squishyness of the ball. So it appears that you use a vacuum generator to hold the ball, the funnel and the hose. I do not know your sequence, but I would look at making the vacuum a little less effective with a new ball. maybe some slits in the funnel? Maybe releasing vacumm prior to shooting, then move arm? Maybe move the vacuum funnel towards the bottom of the arm.
We have nothing that fancy. The cup is simply a drip pan from a stove.
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