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Re: Is this shooter design sound?

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Originally Posted by Sperkowsky View Post
You could make this much simpler with a Versaplantary and some L 2x2 versaframe.

It looks fine but is not going to be easy to manufacture with limited tooling (Something I assume you have) and is definitely more prone to failure.

It looks to me like a greenhorns style shooter. We have done something similar and have CAD for it. You can either contact Gingerpower on here (One of the members of RI3D greenhorns) or if you just want a few basic dimensions and pics of CAD me.
Thanks for the reply,

I agree with your sentiment, using a versaplanetary would guarantee no sideload on the motor and would make gearing down trivial; however, the 4x2 colsons have already been bought and I don't know how they would fit onto the output shaft of the versaplanetary. So I would need to order the hex coupler regardless. With the hex coupler taking up that much space, a versaplanetary approach might end up using just as much vertical space as this design.