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Originally Posted by Ebolagirl
yup, <S01> in the game rules states that "No ROBOT may throw a ball with an exit velocity of greater than 12 m/s (26.8 mph). As a reference, a ball traveling at this velocity when leaving the ROBOT at an angle of 30º from horizontal with no spin will travel approximately 35 feet. A robot that violates this rule will be considered unsafe".
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OK, so that's what it is. I forgot about that, and now I feel like a ditz. I'm going to guess that that means the balls will actually go that fast even though they're not very dense as in a crumpled ball of paper, having such low density, isn't capable of moving too fast. This really doesn't matter too much, since we saw that the balls have no problem making it to goals. I wonder why they use a 30º angle as an example when 45º maximizes the distance a projectile travels.