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Re: How do you get your other ball

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur View Post
The problem with that is that the track ball sits where less than 4" (closer to 3") of it is able to be struck. Beyond that you will be breaking the plane of the opponents finish line and you will incur 2 penalties (1 for breaking the plane of the finish line going clockwise, and one for being above 6' in the opponents "home stretch"). Ahhh, precision
Then it would seem necessary to build a mechanism capable of being very precise (or just program it to be more precise, most likely by having multiple speeds by pressing different buttons).
 


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