Shooting from opposite side of the field

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Originally Posted by Djur

Ran through Wikipedia and Google quickly and came up with this:
Drag force = (1/2) * p * v^2 * CoD * A

• p = air density
  v = velocity
  CoD = Coefficient of Drag
  A = relative area

Fill in with measurements:
Drag force = (1/2) * 1.204 kg/m^3 * (12.8016 m/s)^2 * 0.4 * 0.638 m^2 = 25.192 Newtons (approx. 5.337 pounds).

So yeah, that's gonna be a bit tough. Mathematically, you could figure out how much force is needed to have the ball travel at a speed without regarding drag, then just tack the drag force onto that. Making something to force a ball to go at that speed will be hard, though.

I haven't really done any math, but putting a wheel directly on a CIM spins terrifyingly fast, and has a sound to match.