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Re: pic: Average Winch Innards

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Originally Posted by JesseK View Post
o.O

The pictures of the full assembly are the closest to "magic" I have seen in FRC in a long time. Very cool design.
Thank you, and thanks to all who joined this discussion.

I apologize for my cryptic description. Had meant to add a picture or sketch of the complete assembly, but I have been traveling on business this week and don't have access to team drawings from here.

The comment that this winch design is not very weight-efficient is correct; the observation that low bar robots like ours typically had weight to spare this year also applies to 3620. This winch worked for us because it fit in the space we had available, and put the weight where it helped us. We also thought it was cool to hide the CIM inside the drum and use its body as a spindle. As Noah said, our climber was not very fast. It helped in a few situations, but often we were more productive shooting in the final seconds. However, you cannot beat scaling for wow factor. Our triple at IRI with HOT and HYPE will live in my memory forever.
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I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
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