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RE: Ping-Pong Ball Shooter
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:43:35 GMT
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Original-From:
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Jim Thomas <{Jim.Thomas@trw.com}spamless{}>
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The WordMeister wrote:
> I like the idea of using wheels to accelerate the balls. I believe when I
> was a kid one of my friends had a Hot Wheels car wash or somethingorother
> that used the same concept to move the little cars around a Hot Wheels
> track. Certainly worth trying. I think the balls are so light, though, that
> using several sets of wheels might be pointless--it's not like having to
> accelerate a large mass.
Ah, true... for a Ping-Pong ball you probably don't need a multistage
launcher. What you would want to do instead is use a pair of the large wide
(flat?) tires and then make some sort of mechanism to push a ball (or drop
it) into the launcher one at a time. You could also try to rifle your bore
(assuming you have one for improved aiming) to get the best spin for the
shot you are trying to make.
JT
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