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Originally Posted by gabrielau23
Thanks for posting this here, Brandon! Our team had the same problem in 2011. Arm was pretty bad and required really heavy springs to balance, which just killed our weight budget.
So from what I've picked up so far, you can either use a super-powerful motor or use surgical tubing to balance said arm, correct? If using surgical tubing, would the tubing be attached to the arm both below and above the arm?
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From what I've picked up, basically yes.
If I were able to go back and play logomotion again, I think I'd balance my arm with surgical tubing (and a lighter manipulator wouldn't hurt) and use a window motor (possibly with torque limiter) to avoid the motor stalling issue. You'd have to gear down its speed a bit though.
If it were a heavier game piece ('08) I'd probably use gas springs instead.
This thread turned out to be very informative, thanks to everyone who threw their $0.02 in