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Originally Posted by Dr.Gusta
We just wrap the rope around the peice of 1/2" hex shaft. We use the high torque third stage offered by VEX for their ball shifter and I measured it with a fish scale attached to the rope and unspooling the rope by pulling on the scale. It read out 14lbs consistently.
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Hearing this, the one immediate suggestion might be to try to use as large of a "drum" as you can to wind up your rope. Obviously, this would impact your ratios but unspooling a tiny drum is harder than unspooling a larger LIGHTWEIGHT drum.