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Re: pic: Fixing the Winch on the field
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Originally Posted by OneAngryDaisy
I never saw this winch being used at the NJ regional- the players were manually lifting their robot off the bar.. it got sketchy when two Moe drivers lifted their robot almost 8 feet up until someone finally poked at it with a pole..

is that uneveness the reason why people at NJ never used the winch?
Lifting the robot off the bar on Friday and Saturday did take quite a while. Atleast it demonstrated how difficult it is to de-hang us. The more you lift the bot the tighter the pneumatic cyclinders grip the bar. If you want to knock GizMOE off the bar, you better bring 5 guys and a stick.
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