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Re: Shooters: What have you learned?
Consistent feed and positioning of the ball as it enters the shooter is absolutely critical. Our initial design allowed the ball to move left and right in the lift ~1/2" each way, after adding guides (and inducing a slight amount of lateral compression in the ball) we noticed a large increase in our accuracy.
For reference our shooter is a hooded shooter, 2 6"x1.5" colson wheels ~1.5" apart, and between 1"-1.5" in compression.
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FIRST has stated time and again that the program is not about teaching (they always refer to the I and R in FIRST) - Dave Flowerday [more] 
12-04-2012, 09:17
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