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Teams are reporting that two things have the largest effect on their shooters being compression and hood material

Teams have found that the optimal amount of compression is ~2" and the hood material should be smooth so the ball slides instead of gripping the hood.

• Wrapped wheel in safety wire
• Tested several aspects of the shooter
  • Probably going to use 2" of compression
  • Probably going to use McMaster 60A Urethane (Fairlane) wheels
  • Probably not going to use "fingers" for the hood because the ball grips it, which decreases shot distance
• Changed hood material from wood fingers to a .090 Lexan sheet which improved shot distance significantly
• Waiting for Teflon tape and another wheel to arrive to continue testing
  • *Teflon tape has been reported to increase distance by ~10%
  • We will use a two-wheel set up (3 7/8" wide) on the final shooter to prevent the energy cells from "wrapping" around the shooter wheel
• Shot from ~23ft and was pretty accurate, determined that the optimal angle is ~38 degrees (from 23 ft)
• Determined that the speed that the ball is fed into the shooter has a decent effect on the shot because it affects how much momentum the shooter wheel retains, or in this case, loses

• We have no clue how fast that wheel is spinning

• Determine how fast the shooter wheel is spinning

No, need another few days to smooth things out, mainly how to optimize distance