[MrForbes]

hi Bill

Think about the orientation of the ring, how the stinger would affect the angle that you would want the ring to be in when hanging it on the rack. Consider a side view of the spider/stinger, and the approaching ring.

Also keep in mind that the spider/stinger will be moving around during the game, which our test rack does not simulate.

I think it's definitely worth the effort to build some type of mockup soon, to get a feel for hanging a ring on.

"hanging" seems to be a good term for the action

The stinger in my picture is mostly veritcal, but it does lean out a little bit. The amount of curve of the stingers is variable, the tubing will take a certain amount of "set" during storage, and the lenght of tubing that I got had been stored very loosely wound up.

Also the VCU stinger shown above is not mounted per the design drawings, which have the mounting channel 2.25" below the top of the disk.