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Re: Disengaging a motor on a spring powered hurdler
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Originally Posted by Alex.Norton
Why not use a winch to pull it back to a latch and then unwind the witch letting the cable go slack or mabey using a really weak spring that pulled the cable in some other direction just to keep it from floping around. This way you wouldn't need anything more than your winch and the latch on the spring.
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Or you just buy an automotive winch that free wheels and adapt a kit motor to the planetary it comes with. Just fire a pnuematic to lock the winch in and release the free wheel to retract or release.
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