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Re: Ratchet Switch under load

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Originally Posted by Monochron View Post
From what I can tell no motors that are legal for FRC would be able to reverse like this. There are also weird alternatives like holding your tubing with a hardstop while you unwind your winch, but we haven't gone down that road just yet.


A pawl and ratchet gear is an interesting idea. Making a housing that will rotate the two of them together might be a little tricky but actuating the pawl should be as simple as actuating a ratchet switch on its own.
I don't understand why reversing the motor would be illegal.