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Re: Calculating Angle to fire at

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Originally Posted by Donut
This is going to take alot of testing to get right. Air resistance you could factor in, but spin will be hard to, especially if/once balls start getting deformed from extensive use (eventually this form is going to squish!). Deformations can also effect how much contact the ball will have with the launcher and change speed.
Easy: use the Allen-Bradley sensor to measure the velocity, keep track of it and use it to make corrections on your next shot.

But, IMHO, angle will be easier than variable velocity. Not a bad idea, tho.

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