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Re: Bending alluminum for horseshoe shooter

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Originally Posted by Thunder910 View Post
We didn't bend aluminum. We used lexan that we curved around our shooter. If you'd like, you can add on some kind of traction-paper or paste to the curve to give it more spin than ours had, but ours works just fine smooth.
The lexan was backed by aluminum standoffs to prevent it from straightening out, and it worked perfectly.
Good luck!
We achieved a performance gain when we switched from traction backed to smooth.

I'm sure there are combinations of variables that cause a tractioned setup to work better, but or our specific setup smooth was better.

We tested this over a range of compression for both, so it wasn't just the compression difference. I think it's because our flywheel had very little inertia, and that "locking" into the disc with high traction probably dumped a lot of energy.

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