Al's Annual Inspection Thread 2013

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

At BMR, we had to tell quite few teams that they needed to put a guard over their shooting wheels.

GTREast didn't ask 4343 to cover their shooter wheel either. 4343's shooter uses an AM Pneumatic wheel, the exterior side of which is completely unprotected by any guards.

I would also hazard a guess that either inspectors have been doing a bang-up job catching unsafe shooters before they hit the field, or the fear-mongering from earlier in the season is largely unfounded. I haven't heard of a single incident of a shooter wheel(s) coming apart/ejecting balancing material on the field.