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Re: Electrical 'Clutch' for winch

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Originally Posted by Bryce2471 View Post
Thank you. It has a pneumatic cylinder that disengages the spool from the rest of the mechanism so it can free spin.

Ours was machined custom, and it did take some fine tuning to get right. I do think however, that a similar setup could be createdusing the vex shaft.
Do you have any designs or pictures of that? I don't know how exactly I would go about using a pneumatic cylinder to disengage the spool.
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