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Re: Supporting 40lbs Arm with Motor?

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
Would you please explain what you meant by this?


http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...80&postcount=3
Rather than switching the direction, it is shorting across the terminals. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
It sounds like what you are describing is for your launch catapult arm. If so, how do you disengage the gearbox from the winch when you fire it?


Well our system is a little bit different. We have a transmission as described that does not shift. That transmission pulls back the winch to any desired start point and we have a brake system that holds the catapult in position while the winch unwinds to the desired hard stop length. Then the lock that I described in the previous post comes in. We did this to eliminate the need for a two speed transmission.
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