Recent content by kmcmacki

Yes but for the calculations I will be assuming that the wheels will be rotating at the same speed for simplicity sake. To accommodate for this I have set the launch speed to much higher than necessary.

I am designing a soccer ball launcher (like the one in the attached picture) for school and am having trouble figuring out how much torque I need the motors to have. I am trying to follow an energy analysis approach to get these calculations done. Attached is a file of my calculations so far...