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Unread 10-06-2005, 17:29
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Re: Telescoping Arm

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Originally Posted by sanddrag
PS. Everything I said above is reliant on the assumption that you are talking about a full size FRC bot. If it was a vex, a servo motor would probably work.
Ah good you note that. I used one of the Vex motors (looks like a little servo motor). I made a 3 stage extending arm with square channel and fishing line. It was painfully small to thread, but it worked - powered up and down.

Also depends on what kind of servo motor you are talking about. Hobby servo motor? Or an industral servo motor? The servo motors we use on Electric Injection Molding Machines are powerful - the ones I've played with generated 1000 tonns of clamping force in a second or so.
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