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Re: Fueling Scoring Challenge

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Originally Posted by Ogehsim View Post
5 is average, but if you jam the thing full (70 max balls for low, 150 max balls for high), it should actually go *faster* than 5/s for the same idea of less time wasted bouncing around before dropping into a carousel slot.

I've heard estimates of anywhere from 8 to 15 balls/s for a full boiler, but I don't have a source for those numbers.
I was interpreting this to mean that it would be rotating at a fixed speed (5 fuel/s), and packing it tighter ensures there will be fuel in each slot of the rotating mechanism, essentially making 5/s the max. I could be wrong, but I'm going to assume that's the case until I can see a source with numbers for it going faster than 5/s. I'd LIKE to be proven wrong here, but for now I think it's best to assume the worst case.
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