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Originally Posted by Tom Line
Dan - you might be overkilling that a bit. A single fisherprice geared down will EASILY raise your robot in 4 or 5 seconds. It might make your life a lot simpler to just dedicate a single fisherprice + AM planetary to that task. If you end up going the way you explained though, I can't wait to see how fast that thing picks you up!
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Tom,
Thanks for the advice. We understand that it would probably be acceptable for us to develop a winch that could pick up our robot in 4-5 seconds, but our goal is to be able to quickly hoist 3 robots (if necessary) in a few second panic scenario at the end of the match, so long as other teams are equipped to grab us and hold on for the ride. In a perfect world, we would grapple the bar in 3 seconds, hang within 4-5 seconds and our partners would be able to grab ahold of us and elevate themselves with the remaining 12-13 seconds. However, I think we're all going to figure out in the first week of competitions that it actually can take quite a bit longer to achieve this.
Additionally, I often see teams skimp on power for their arms, manipulators, winches, shooters, etc... for the sake of having a really beefy drive train. We're set out to prove that this sacrifice might not always be necessary.