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Re: non-pneumatic "kicking" mechanism

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
Hi Rob,

I saw your video. Nice kick.

Couple of questions:

Do you use the motor to hold the kicker in the kicking position or do you use some sort of latch?

When you release the kicker, is the motor still connected? Or do you have a mechanism to disconnect it so that it doesn't get back-driven?


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I will post a better view of the kicker most likely tonight or tomorrow. The kicker is not held in a kicking position so no latch is needed.
A sprocket with a pin at the outter radius pulls the arm around and stretches the tubing. Once the sprocket turns 180degrees the pin is no longer in position to hold the arm back and the tubing snaps back and swings the arm.

Also through McMaster-Car there are many thicknesses for the tubing. I do not know but I wonder if tubing with a wall thickness of 1/4" is still affected by temp to any noticable degree (Within normal temparatures for inside ofcourse)
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