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Re: Stalling an RS775

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Originally Posted by Dad1279 View Post
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?
Can't do the surgical tubing, as we'd like it to apply pressure in both of its possible locations, and would like not to do a latch as that requires additional actuators and complexity.
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