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Re: Gearing Mini CIMs

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
How are you planning on holding the catapult in the pulled-back ready-to-fire position while you're waiting to fire?


Excellent question, you can't let the motor burn up holding it in place. We used a ratchet and pawl attached to the big gear (kinda acted as a hub also) in our reduction.
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