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Re: Realistic high goal scoring rate

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Originally Posted by rick.oliver View Post
So, check my math, but assuming a single Fuel leaving the shooter wheel which is located at the top of a tall robot parked in the key against the boiler wall. My trajectory model calculates about 86 degree launch angle at about 5.7 m/s muzzle velocity. At a 5" pitch, that is 40 to 45 Fuels per second.

So that would be the max; of course, there would be a gap as you wouldn't be feeding the shooter as fast, so something less than that.

Am I missing something?
Does that include drag on the wiffleball?
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