[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Synergy1848

I found that the vex motors will work for shooting as long as you have a good gear box with as little friction as possible. here is my shooter, it shoots balls 8' up and 7' out using two motors geared 35:1 my motors never shut down.
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1182.../141017530.jpg
here is my gear box
http://pic1.picturetrail.com/VOL1182.../141017524.jpg

The difference is that those racquet balls are significantly smaller in both volume, surface area, and mass. It will be MUCH harder to shoot a softball any considerable distance, especially over a long duration.