Shooting Distance

[SteveGPage]

We were orginally looking at a 10 - 12 foot range but noticed two things we when started to test it out. First, after each shot, the motor and wheels would not get back up to speed and we would lose about 4 - 6 inches off each shot, so shots would start to miss after the first 3 or 4 unless we only shot 1 per second. Secondly, the longer shots tended to drift left and right due to the geometry of the orbit balls - even with a nice top spin. We were looking at about 66% - 75% accuracy with that configuration. So we regeared down to a lower rpm and greater torque - so the rpm recovery time was almost instanteous, and we found we didn't have any drifting. So we are looking at the 0 - 5 foot range for shooting effectively. We can shoot 20 balls, with almost 100% accuracy, in less than 6 seconds at those distances.

Glenn - have a great season - too bad we will be at a regional with you guys this year! I wish you all great success!

Steve