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Re: Team Update #18

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Originally Posted by s_forbes View Post
Quick math suggests about 4-5 newtons of force just to cancel out weight of polycarb plate.
You don't have to lift the entire bottom plate. You just need to tip one side of it up in order for the switch to make contact. A naive analysis says it would take between 1/2 and 3/4 the weight of the plate to trip a switch, or -- hey, lookie here -- about 2-4 newtons.
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