Thread: LIFT VS. LAUNCH
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Re: LIFT VS. LAUNCH

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Originally Posted by dtengineering View Post
We decided to go with an arm to do the lifting, in part because if you have a partner (or two) each capable of quickly placing the ball on the overpass and then quickly lifting the ball from the overpass then you never have to give up posession of the ball.
I don't see how this could work. The ball on the overpass hasn't crossed the finish line yet, so you can't hurdle it from the far side by grabbing it and keeping it.