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Re: Festo's done it again

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Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 View Post
It sounds awesome. I like to think of controlling the arm as flying it anyway. How would you tether it to the main part of the bot so that it would not get tangled, would be able to fly freely, and not leave the 84 inch cylinder?
1.) Make a block of mini anderson connectors, energy chain, and plenty of driver practice to learn the limitations.

2.) An automated tether manager that reels in the energy chain depending on how high the quadrotor is.
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