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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
I find it interesting that you are engaging the ratchet with a dog.
Assuming this is for a stored energy system, what was your basis for this decision?
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I'll venture a guess:
The dog is to engage and disengage a motor, but the ratchet takes the loads so that the motor isn't stalling holding the ratchet in place. The motor must disengage when the system is fired to reduce the friction when the ratchet (and whatever it's holding) spins.