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Re: Releasing winch system without shifters

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Originally Posted by jijiglobe View Post
Our team has talked about using a gear with some missing teeth which would be on a ratchet so that it can wind up and when its ready to shoot we can rotate the gear to the part with missing teeth and it'll slip. We haven't prototyped it yet though...
I'm intrigued by this idea... I hope I see it somewhere to know if it works!
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