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Re: Release trigger?

One idea that we have used in the past, a couple times, is a car trunk latch. They are usually easy to find in a junk yard.

The can hold a large amount of force and can be released with a servo or pneumatics.

You could just design a servo activated latch that would hold a simple panel in the starting configuration.

-Adam
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