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Originally Posted by dtengineering
We finished building our trailer today... if you hit that big centre post with a fairly flat or downwards trajectory and a bit of backspin... it looks like you should score every time.
We've had success shooting the balls 6 to 10 feet just by spinning up an old 8" wheel on a lathe and either dropping the orbit ball on it, or compressing the ball between the wheel and a sheet of plywood.
So I'm thinking one ball at a time, but reasonably rapid fire, similar to 2006.
Jason
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Man, we have a lathe and everything... our students took alot of time to build a roller setup out of 80/20 scraps and a 2008 KOP wheel. The lathe idea is a great idea so we can figure out what rpms to set the spindle motor to!
Our design isn't simply a wheel though, it will be a roller that's 4" wide (or a 1-2" diameter wheel that's 4" wide, however you look at it). I'm also toying with the concept of making it a sort of conveyor design so that the moonrock has more acceleration time. Thoughts?