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Re: Ball Centering Video (Team 846)

Hi, I'm James (the host in the video)

The flywheel we used for design shown in the video is an aluminum flywheel with a diameter of 1.875" and a mass of 2.5 lbm. As you can probably see we cut grooves into the flywheel (using our CNC) with the hopes that it would grip the ball better. As it turned out aluminum is still a very slippery material against the ball, so we ended up wrapping it with surgical tubing.
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