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Re: Ratchet Switch under load

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Originally Posted by Monochron View Post
No I understand. If you see, I said that we were trying to do this assembly WITHOUT a shifting gearbox. It is kind of hard to get your head around, but we were planning on actually rotating our ratchet with our motor shaft. The ratchet would rotate the winch shaft and then to release we only had to switch the ratchet's clutch to reverse. When firing the ratchet and motor would stay stationary while the winch axel would spin inside the ratchet.

It is incredibly simply. The only problem is finding a ratchet that can switch under load.
Oh ok. Sorry I guess I'm the one who misunderstood
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