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Re: pic: Team 8 Teaser #2

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Originally Posted by Nuttyman54 View Post
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.
we have 2 reasons why we machined the dog gear in the ratchet. first off, the above guess is correct, and second of all. we did this because we could

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