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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
Does the curve provide any significant change in the parabola? Creates more of a wedge, I suppose.
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Since the radius from the axis of rotation to the hole at the bottom is constant, the curve itself doesn't effect the end trajectory.
The idea of the outer curve is that the force of impact of the spring has a way to travel directly to the bottom without it all going directly through the bearing. We haven't figured out exactly how much force will be necessary, yet I'd like to plan to not break the kicker at all. Due to spacial constraints, the top of the kicker cannot be in line with the bottom of the kicker, thus the off angle (~15 degrees) and the curve.
We'll test this out over the next couple of days and see what happens I guess.