2 wheels vs 1 wheel in a linear shooter

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Originally Posted by Oldbikerider

I'm questioning why it's necessary to second guess how much each wheel will add, and why it would be necessary to have different wheel speeds for the first and second wheel. What's wrong with running both wheels at full speed. Maybe under ideal conditions, perfectly round and clean and dry disc, full speed is achieved with the first wheel, but maybe under less than ideal conditions the second wheel is needed. Under some circumstances the second wheel is just insurance.

You said in your earlier post that your goal was to "fire discs as fast as possible".

I interpreted this to mean "with the fastest exit velocity achievable with a given 2-wheel linear shooter" .

If that is the correct interpretation of your post, then you would want to get the maximum speed increase (change in speed) as the frisbee passes through each wheel.

Based on tests run by Team 2073, this would indicate that the second wheel should be run at a faster speed than the first, to achieve your goal.