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Question Re: any success with winches?

we are using a 6" cylinder with a bar to stop back drive. this is a one ticket up until we reset it.[/quote]

We will use winch motors that can backdrive (Fischer Price) and will need a device to prevent backdriving as well. Has anybody come up with an elegantly simple way to accomplish this? We would like it to be a passive device, similar to the clutch in a manual window regulator mechanism.

We'd rather not have to use a cylinder/blocker device because of the weight. Has anybody had experience using an electrically actuated servo to move a latch pawl or something like that?