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Re: SECOND shots

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Originally Posted by Scott358
Upon testing, we shot a ball 35' at 30 degrees (with no spin on the ball). Based on this, we're pretty confident that we're at 12m/s, as this was FIRST's indirect measure.
You're probably going faster than 12 m/s in this case, because the FIRST measure excludes air resistance. This is an easy fix however, and it looks to be an impressive shooter. can't wait to see pics of the final 'bot!
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