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Re: Best bridge manipulators/balancing mechanisms?

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Originally Posted by slijin View Post
Does anyone know whether their battery shifting mechanism was particularly useful as a balancing aid? It was something we considered early on, but rejected because we didn't think the ~17lbs of battery and apparatus would be particularly significant, among other reasons.

To answer the OP, 118. Their entire frame was built for passive bridge manipulation, and a good portion of their mechanisms were devoted to balance assists. They had a beautiful system to assist a double balance, complete with lights to indicate an unbalanced v balanced bridge. And that's all before their stinger.
We did some math, and I think it turned out that we would be able to move our CoM less than 6", so we gave up on that plan around day 4.
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