pic: Team 48 - Lock n' Load

[DampRobot]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Currently, there are two www.centuryspring.com #81153 springs on there, providing about 50 lb. of force each in the low power setting, and 80 lb. of force each in the high power setting.

The high power shot is selected by extending the 2 3" stroke cylinders, which adds 3" of pre-load onto the springs.

The motor/gearbox pulls the springs back to firing position (roughly 6" of pullback). When the launcher fires, the majority of the stroke takes place with the ball in contact with the ram.

Wow, that's surprisingly little force for such a great launch. We're hitting 220 pounds at full pullback in our shooter, and we're still not getting much distance as we want.

Any reason for the tiny little pusher plate? Or are you going to replace this with something else?