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Re: 2363 prototype pickup arm

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
How are you moving the disks from the hopper to the shooter? I see a cylinder on the top level that I assume is involved, but can't quite tell what it's designed to do.
My guess is that the whole hopper assembly rotates up, a really nice compact way to move frisbees (conveyors take up alot of room). The only negative is it looks like they won't be able to pickup and shoot at the same time, although I am not sure how required that will be this year.
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