17-10-2006, 09:47
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,935
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Re: Firing Softballs
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Originally Posted by Synergy1848
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Synergy1848 - How many minutes at a time did you run at those speeds, I would speculate that the black Delrin bearing blocks would get hot pretty fast and that they would wear out after a fairly short career of steady use.
Did you use the launcher a lot of over a day or several days, or was it more of a try it once and then build something else kind of project? - Not doubting you, just curious whether my gut feelings are on target.
Blake
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