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Originally Posted by gblake
Here is a Soviet-style, brute force suggestion 
I would guess you could make the kicker arm out of ugly extruded aluminum that gets beefed up a bit where the axle goes through it and consequently not have to do any fancy machining. Extruded parts like the 8020 products seem plenty stiff enough.
To take much of the lateral force off of the axle, either support the axle right next to the kicker arms; or put a round bulge concentric with the axle into the kicker arm, and use rollers outside that bulge to cradle and support the arm/axle combination. |
That's the proof of concept we did last week; now we're on to the actual design that will be implemented on the bot. There are spacial constraints that prevent us from using a straight bar.
In Soviet Rrrussia, concept, prove YOU!