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Unread 26-01-2006, 16:51
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Re: pic: 888 Ball Shooter Prototype

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Originally Posted by K.Shaw
doesn't it take the motor a little longer to speed up a wheel that size to max speed? once up to speed does the wheel slow down at all after a ball has been dropped in? are you able to shoot more than one ball a second and have them go the same height distance and land in about the same area? just a few things we ran into in our prototyping stages with a similar set up.
Yes it does take the motor longer to accelerate than with lighter wheels but that wheel seems to shoot much better than the others we tested. Also, the wheel does slow when you launch a ball, but quickly regains the lost speed and you are able to shoot a ball accurately about every 1.5 s.

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