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Originally Posted by FTC7584
Are you guys using servos for the folding mechanism?
Also, does the design limit you to dropping balls only from 120cm, when it's fully extended?
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No on servos; current prototype (sorry no pics) has 1/16" wire cable through eyelets and winched from base tube:
We've tested the wire through eyelets on prototype by pulling with a pully mounted at base; it works well.
Yes, always drops from 120cm exit. But, we're thinking that a "basketball hoop" below exit will allow stabilizing ball and it will drop straight for any goal height. Here's the whiteboard sketch from our brainstorming session:
Have you seen these guys/gals guided shooter design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfgeHfR-3ZA