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Re: spinning kickers
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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli View Post
Be careful with this design. If the spinning kicker goes outside the frame perimeter at all, then it must retract within 2 seconds and must not go back out past the frame perimeter for 2 more seconds.
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Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday View Post
No, no breaks in the bumpers, but the continouslly spinning kicker is 100% allowed. In fact, we are using one too.
Exactly what I was thinking. Remember that the ball cannot penetrate beyond 3" inside the frame perimeter, so you might have some difficulty with that. Also, a continuously spinning block of wood seems like it may burn out a motor, and have a lot of accuracy issues.