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Re: Springs?? (10 lbs. at 22 ft/s)

Well I guess it's safe to say that the majority of us agree that any type of spring would be dangerous to use for this. The massive amount of force required requires a LARGE spring which are dangerous.

What I find interesting though is that so many people are getting different energy requirements for launching it though. I've seen numbers ranging from 5 J to 80 J. I know it depends on the angle but my teams estimated 7.5 J at 65 (I think degrees) is vastly different then then post above that gives that 80 J estimate.
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