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Re: 3336 Catapult Prototype

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Originally Posted by CheerlessBear View Post
My team originally tried pneumatics and we couldent achieve the speed we needed so we tried other designs. But we have not tried purely motor driven may I ask how you are implementing it?
We had success with our purely pneumatic catapult prototype. The key is using a lever and pulling down on the opposite side of the catapult instead of pushing up; this gives it more speed and with pneumatics you have power to spare.