[NShep98]

Our scaler sucked pretty badly. The only match we successfully got up high enough was never recorded. The arm the we used to manipulate defenses was also a 2 stage linear slide elevator with a spring-loaded hook on the end of it. Once the hook got in place, the arm would pull away, leaving the hook attached to a seatbelt on a winch that was supposed to pull us up. Being that the winch was situated at the back of the robot, it would pitch forward, so we added 2 lengths of paracord to the winch that looped around the front of the robot to keep us level.

In theory, this would work, except for a number of issues including the hook being knocked out too early in a match, the seatbelt and/or paracord getting tangled or frayed, the winch jamming, and plenty of other fun setbacks. The moral of the story for this approach is planning.