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Originally Posted by octothorpe
Unfortunately I never got a chance to see their robot up close, but I heard that Team 100 (WildHats) used magnetic reed switches from a window alarm system to monitor the position of their elevator, and a bike disc brake to anchor the elevator drum in place when extended. At any rate, it worked very well for them at SVR!
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Surprisingly, we weren't the only team to use a disk brake. There were at least five others at the Oregon Regional

I was quite surprised.
I know for a fact that 1540 and 1280 were using them.
We used
this one; it was really easy to implement. If you ever have need for a braking system check these things out. They're easy to rig up to a piston.