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Re: Ball Damage

My team is also using a two wheel design, but the wheels are about 5" apart center to center, and are angled inward. Before we angled them inward, the sharp rubber corners would cut into the ball as it was being shot. Now with angled wheels, we have tandential contact, so it works beautifully. Plus having the wheels out like that reduces the height of the shooter, and gives you a mechanical advantage because you're pushing the ball from closer to its center. With six inch wheels direct driven off the CIM, we're getting exactly 11.6 m/s, and about 32 feet at 45 degrees. And zero damage to the balls.
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