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Originally Posted by Andy Baker
We ended up getting beat in the first round of the finals. It was fairly dramatic. We had about 12 balls in the stationary goal, and were going for a 2x cap. Then, our gripper fell off of the arm and crashed to the ground from about 10 feet up. At that moment, I remembered that the hook we previously removed has a double function - to keep the gripper on the arm. Ooops.
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I have video of the "oops" moment. The gripper did a graceful loop around the arm as it swung loose, then fell free. The remarkable thing is that it never lost its hold on the multiplier ball, even after it hit the ground!