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Re: Pushing down the bridge

In San Diego, we were originally having issues with our ramp lowerer -- which was van door motor direct drive. After adding a combination of weight, angle, and robot velocity during the match we were able to force the ramp down. When hitting the ramp, the appendage would get pushed up by the ramp typically.

If I were to rebuild it, I would probably go with the FP+gearbox or window motor to take advantage of the (locking) worm gear in combination with the angle on the appendage to slide the ramp down as the robot moves forward into it.
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