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Re: Engineering Challenge- Spring Loaded Kicker Edition

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Originally Posted by Ken Leung View Post
...having smaller spring rate and longer draw do indeed create a higher velocity and momentum in the end. Same with increasing the kicker's mass...
Under no circumstances will increasing the kicker's mass (while holding all other parameters constant) result in higher velocity of the kicker at the end of the swing.


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