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Originally Posted by Jagdrive
If you are using it as the travel from the ground to overpass, might i suggest a rack-and-pinion style of track. I think a decent size motor would be able to handle the demand of the ball directly. But, if you think the motor can't, then worm gear will be about the only option with the motor on the fork. Bear in mind that the travel will be really slow with the high gear ratio.
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for the worm drive, we will only be using it to raise it slightly, so it will not be shot from the ground. We want to raise it maybe two feet or so, where there will be a pneumatic or solenoid powered kicker which will extend, and Pop the trackball out over the overpass, then the bot drives under the pass, and lowers the lift to pick it up again, goes around and launches it again