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Re: Are any teams planning on shooting the ball?
I garuntee you that some people's first thought was to shoot this thing. When you get thousands of imaginative kids together with the best engineers around I really doubt anything is impossible.
The only issue with shooting this thing is safety. The most important part in my opinion if you are using springs is not to try to slam them into a hard stop. Slow them down gradually or you will start breaking something. To hurdle requires minimally 22ft/s at the moment of launch.
If a team plans on doing this make sure you tell your members about how dangerous it is. And under no circumstances should you let people near it when it is live. These are 120lb machines, they ARE dangerous. Respect that.
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