Varying conditions of the balls

[Grim Tuesday]

So now that we have confirmed the problem, lets start brainstorming solutions. My first thought was some sort of lead screw pushing into the ball until a pressure sensor read a certain force, and recording the number of inches of squish. Of course, this is really slow and inconvenient. Anyone else have any ideas? Could we pre-mash up a ball and get it ready to shoot and be consistent?

The other questions to ask are: What curve is there in the squish? Is there a point where balls move from 'hard' to 'squishy'? Or is it some sort of curve, or linear progression?

[Garrett.d.w]

Has anyone tried putting their intake rollers (if that is your chosen method), on springs and measuring deflection as the balls get sucked in?