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15-01-2006, 02:18

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Re: 10 Balls per second?

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Well it's certainly theoretically possible. A ball going 12 m/s has 15 J of energy. At peak power, the small CIMs put out 340W. So if you transferred energy 100% efficiently, you could actually fire off 22 balls per second...

(I didn't actually run these numbers) But if you did run the CIM that fast then wouldn't the first balls out exceed the 12 m/s speed limit?

On another note, I also hear machinery running during the film. I can hear a soft "thump thump thump thump" before they start appearing on screen and traveling towards the hoop. Presumably noise made from exiting the shooting mechanism.

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