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Originally Posted by leolagos
Thank you for your replys.
We understand that there are different speeds depending on which part of the rotating mass you measure. But if the curve were designed to contact the ball in "only" two points (and not half ball or something like that) ? Having the benefit of center the ball and also another point of contact to transfer the energy to the ball.
Something like this (very quick design to think in that option):
http://imgur.com/a/Y0e4F |
The problem with this is that if a ball comes into your shooter
slightly off-center, one side of the wheel will contact the ball sooner and compress it harder than the other side, and will forcefully try to recenter the ball. It probably will be able to do so, with the downside that the ball just spent the entire time it was in the shooter moving sideways as well as upward, and it will continue on that sideways trajectory as it exits the shooter. We started with something like this in 2012, and scrapping that design was the best decision we made all year.