Firing Softballs

[Faith]

Right now my team has designed two shooters. The first one was only able to shoot softballs 6" (although the hollow plastic ball went significantly farther). The second one we changed it so we had a "start-up wheel", a wheel going slower then the second wheel but speeding the ball up. I think the first wheel (using smallest VEX wheel) used a 9:1 gearing and the second used a 25:1. I'm not sure how far it shoots, but it is farther then the first one. We are just playing with the shooter, though - we've decided it isn't worth it.