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Re: Climb Stopping Mechanism

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur View Post
Yes, but if you wait to stop your winch until AFTER the light comes on you will be putting the full power of your winch + the weight of your robot pulling on the rope for that second.

That's probably a decent amount of force (at least 300 lbs)
Just FYI, I agree with your point that teams need to have a solution to the problem.

However, in this circumstance, the force applied on the rope after hitting the stop at the top isn't "the full power of the winch + the weight of the robot pulling on the rope..."

Rather, it's the maximum of the two. (Which is likely to be the "at stall" torque from the winch.)
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