Shooter Track Material - grippy or slick?

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by Ether

You've got that backwards. You want the rail to be grippy if you want greater spinning.




That's backwards too. If the frisbee grips the track without slipping, your exit speed will be limited to half the tangential speed of the wheel, but you'll get the greatest spin.

No if the rail is slick the Frisbee will spin more and it's exit speed is lower. The slick rail allows the Frisbee to spin without moving down the track while the grippy rail causes it to advance at 1/2 the tangential speed of the shooter wheel (assuming no slip between the Frisbee and wheel). This is based not only on my gut feeling but our prototyping.