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Re: Is Anyone Using Motors to Hoist themselves off the platform on the bar?

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Originally Posted by xxlshortys
I was wondering if anyone was using motors to hoist themselves up off the platform onto the bar, and what kind of motor they were using. We tried ours yesterday without success, and were trying to be efficient with the time we have left to solve the problem.
What was the problem? Was the motor backdriving? We are using an FP motor with a ratchet system. The ratchet is complicated to machine, we used a waterjet.
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