Thread: Stalling an RS775
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Re: Stalling an RS775
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Originally Posted by Oblarg View Post
Thanks very much for all the helpful replies; we'll be running our arm against the hard stop at ~5-10% to keep it in place.
Hard to visualize without a picture, but if it's an arm against a hard stop, can't you balance it with springs (surgical tubing) so that stalling the motor(s) won't be necessary? Or use a latch to hold it in place?