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Re: Hopper Design

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Originally Posted by AdamHeard View Post
Very Clever use of a toggle bolt here. I saw many teams custom fabricate something equivalent, when the toggle bolt would have been fine.
Thanks, Adam.

For those unfamiliar, the toggle bolt is spring loaded in one direction, so it pulled the frisbee out from the hopper, and sprung out of the way as the frisbee passed over. It helped make the packaging a little easier and kept our feeder well protected from aggressive play. We also riveted a small piece of lexan to the "active" toggle bolt wing to limit any frisbee damage.

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