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Re: Fastest Possible Canburglar

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Originally Posted by carpedav000 View Post
The only real hindrance would be the speed of your release mechanism. I was imagining a 2-speed gearbox with a set of gears taken out. Use the one remaining ratio to draw back and then shift to where the second ratio would be. #pneumaticquickrealeaseftw
We used a crossbow type trigger pulled by a motor. We could only fire once, then we used 2 pistons to release the surgical tubing bundles and had it tensioned to get pulled back up(which it fired against)
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