Reducing Friction in Shooter

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Originally Posted by Dr.Gusta

We just wrap the rope around the peice of 1/2" hex shaft. We use the high torque third stage offered by VEX for their ball shifter and I measured it with a fish scale attached to the rope and unspooling the rope by pulling on the scale. It read out 14lbs consistently.

Hearing this, the one immediate suggestion might be to try to use as large of a "drum" as you can to wind up your rope. Obviously, this would impact your ratios but unspooling a tiny drum is harder than unspooling a larger LIGHTWEIGHT drum.