2016 Boulder weight issue

[electronicsdude]

Originally Posted by catmanjake

All,
Has anyone received multiple FIRST boulders or ones from Gopher and compared the weight? We received 6 of the Gopher balls today and they are different weights and only 1 was close to the official FIRST boulder we received in our Kit of Parts. Some of the weights are so different that we think that they will shoot differently. Let me know your thoughts.

For a ball meant for playing dodgeball it seems like a reasonable margin or error.

The solution in my mind is to minimize the projectile weight's effect on your trajectory. Basically shoot that s.o.b as fast as possible. Then you minimize the arc in the shot and hence minimize the necessity for a perfectly normal weight in your projectile.

Granted, this wont work if your ball is REALLY light or REALLY heavy.