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Re: Video of Kicker Prototypes

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Originally Posted by GaryVoshol View Post
There was a robot that had a rapid fire and reload mechanism for shooting balls. It must have been for Aim High. It used a cam arrangement to pull the latex tubing back into tension. Anyone remember it?

It seems something like that, with a pause before firing because we aren't rapid loading this year, would pull the kicker back into the FRAME PERIMETER within the 2 second limit.
I believe both 1523 and 45 Mk. 1 operated this way.
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