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Re: How Spin Affects Fuel Trajectory

1717's shooter is powered on the backspin. If the rollers spin freely, ball will just simply spin freely without going anywhere.

The hood imparts a force and must do that in order to get the ball out, otherwise you're just exerting a torque on the ball.
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