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Re: pic: Off-Season Kicker Design

Yeah, we're using 1 CIM. The reason for the huge reduction is in case we want to add more spring force if necessary. The other part of it is that this is also the backstop for our roller, so we can't afford to have the roller + ball drive the kicker back and have the ball encroach past 3".
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