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Re: pic: Robots R Us Team #3266 Teaser

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Originally Posted by roystur44 View Post
The short link needs to be longer to bring the launcher arm down more. The little bag motor goes I think I can. I think I can but it doesn't. Our math came out to only outputting 41 lbs before stall at 466:1. . Go big or go home
The short arm is fine. Based on where it's mounted relative to the fulcrum of the catapult it pulls the catapult down as far as we need it to. And we're going big with a CIM motor, according to our math it outputs about 208 ft lbs.
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